DSE holds meeting with finance adviser, stakeholders; no journos allowed

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is holding a meeting with all capital market stakeholders at its headquarters in Nikunja, with Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed attending it as the chief guest. 

The meeting started at around 10am today (7 January). However, journalists have been barred from entering the meeting.

DSE officials have not given any particular reason for the decision to not allow reporters to attend the meeting, which sources said was arranged by the DSE Board of Directors.

Generally, the DSE public relations department sends reporters invitation cards for such meetings or notifies them through emails or messages to attend them. But this was not the case for the meeting this morning.

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Reporters present at DSE claimed that it was one of the first major meetings with stakeholders where journalists were not allowed in.

Md Shafiqur Rahman, the deputy general manager of PR and Publication at DSE, last night (6 January) said he did not get any direction from the DSE board to invite journalists to the programme.

Representatives of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), Bangladesh Bank, National Board of Revenue (NBR), Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), DSE Brokers Association of Bangladesh (DBA), Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA), Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL), Central Counterparty Bangladesh Limited (CCBL), Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), and Financial Reporting Council (FRC) are present at the meeting.

The country's capital market has been passing a volatile situation since the Awami League government was ousted in a mass uprising in August last year.

The key index at DSE fluctuates daily as turnover continues to be around Tk300 crore.

Amid the situation, the finance adviser attending a meeting with all the key stakeholders is very significant for the capital market, said insiders.