Stock market

Widen corporate tax gap between listed, non-listed firms

Stock market intermediaries yesterday urged the government to widen the corporate tax rate gap between listed and non-listed companies to encourage more companies to go public. 

Dhaka bourse’s SME board falls prey to manipulators

Have you ever bought any pack of flour produced by Yusuf Flour Mills or heard the name of Yusuf Moyda, the brand under which the company is selling the item? 

Dual policy in a single stock market

By removing the floor price for nearly half of the companies listed in the country in December while retaining the regulatory measure for the rest, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has effectively moved to a dual system. 

The stock market-real economy ‘disconnect’

The biggest factor behind the disconnect is that the largest companies with stable profitability refuse to come to the market.

How Bangladesh’s stock market remains an outlier

Most of the global stock indices plunged last March when the war between Russia and Ukraine escalated but they took only two months before bouncing back despite the conflict-induced turmoil worldwide.

Stocks’ index, turnover both rise

Stocks rose today thanks to the increased participation of investors as the stock market regulator has decided to sit with the stakeholders to find the reasons behind the falling trend of the market.

Stocks fall amid lower trading volume 

Stocks in Bangladesh fell today as investors largely stayed away from trading amid the ongoing crisis at home and abroad.

IMF didn’t raise floor price issue in today’s meeting: BSEC

A rumour was going on that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may ask the stockmarket regulator to lift the floor price as a condition of a new $4.5 billion loan, but the lender did not raise the issue in a meeting with the BSEC today.

PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCING / Banks meet 99.6pc as firms shy from stock market

Though Bangladesh has made stellar progress in many economic indicators in the past one decade, entrepreneurs, industrialists and the entire business sector still rely on the banking sector for financing. 

June 5, 2023
June 5, 2023

Widen corporate tax gap between listed, non-listed firms

Stock market intermediaries yesterday urged the government to widen the corporate tax rate gap between listed and non-listed companies to encourage more companies to go public. 

March 5, 2023
March 5, 2023

Dhaka bourse’s SME board falls prey to manipulators

Have you ever bought any pack of flour produced by Yusuf Flour Mills or heard the name of Yusuf Moyda, the brand under which the company is selling the item? 

February 7, 2023
February 7, 2023

Dual policy in a single stock market

By removing the floor price for nearly half of the companies listed in the country in December while retaining the regulatory measure for the rest, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has effectively moved to a dual system. 

January 25, 2023
January 25, 2023

The stock market-real economy ‘disconnect’

The biggest factor behind the disconnect is that the largest companies with stable profitability refuse to come to the market.

January 10, 2023
January 10, 2023

How Bangladesh’s stock market remains an outlier

Most of the global stock indices plunged last March when the war between Russia and Ukraine escalated but they took only two months before bouncing back despite the conflict-induced turmoil worldwide.

January 4, 2023
January 4, 2023

Stocks’ index, turnover both rise

Stocks rose today thanks to the increased participation of investors as the stock market regulator has decided to sit with the stakeholders to find the reasons behind the falling trend of the market.

November 23, 2022
November 23, 2022

Stocks fall amid lower trading volume 

Stocks in Bangladesh fell today as investors largely stayed away from trading amid the ongoing crisis at home and abroad.

November 7, 2022
November 7, 2022

IMF didn’t raise floor price issue in today’s meeting: BSEC

A rumour was going on that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may ask the stockmarket regulator to lift the floor price as a condition of a new $4.5 billion loan, but the lender did not raise the issue in a meeting with the BSEC today.

November 1, 2022
November 1, 2022

Banks meet 99.6pc as firms shy from stock market

Though Bangladesh has made stellar progress in many economic indicators in the past one decade, entrepreneurs, industrialists and the entire business sector still rely on the banking sector for financing. 

October 3, 2022
October 3, 2022

Stocks tumble, oil jumps in shaky start to fourth quarter

The final quarter of the year got off to a shaky start on Monday, with world stocks languishing at their lowest levels since late 2020 - when the global economy was still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.