Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is planning on wooing garment factories which adopted environment-friendly practices to get listed so that the opportunity to invest in good stocks arises while the factories can diversify their financing portfolio. 

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) is finalising a draft of rules regarding the commodity exchange on availing opinions from stakeholders with hopes that the first-ever exchange can be launched within a couple of months. 

Islami Bank’s stock made a record yesterday as Tk 524 crore worth of shares of the lender were traded at the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE).

The stock price of Himadri Ltd, listed with the SME board of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, soared 60-fold in the last four months, prompting an investigation from the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).

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