DHAKA, March 28, 2019 (BSS) – Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal today
urged the capital market investors to keep trust on the government, as it has
ensured good governance in the market through various reform activities.
“Economy will determine the index [of capital market] but you [investors]
should keep trust on the government leaving anxiety. You won’t be loser
…… success of capital market must come,” he assured the investors.
The minister was addressing the opening ceremony of “Investors and
Entrepreneurs Conference-2019” as the chief guest organised by the Bangladesh
Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) in city’s Bangabandhu International
Conference Centre (BICC).
BSEC has organised the conference to raise awareness among the people on the
necessity of savings as well as teach people about investment.
Bank and Financial Institutions Division Secretary Asadul Islam, and BSEC
Commissioners Professor Helal Uddin Nizami and Swapan Kumar Bala also spoke
on the occasion with BSEC Chairman Dr M Khairul Hossain in the chair.
“As finance minister it’s my challenge to keep the capital market stable or
bring further dynamism,” Kamal said.
The minister said the investors must make investment with proper
understanding so that nobody becomes loser.
He said economy can’t be considered leaving capital market aside, as it
plays important role in country’s economic development. “The government is
working for the development of the capital market adopting various reform
activities.”
The finance minister the capital market requires one to be calculative and
knowledgeable where one investor needs continued learning.
“Its (capital market) not a fish or vegetable market,” he said.
He also noted that the capital market has some problems as a few people
always try to deceive others through false information, but “such avidity is
not good as we are not enemies of each other here”.