‘Share Bazaar’ begins

A three-day ‘Share Bazaar Mela 2009’ began on Thursday at the Sheraton Hotel in Dhaka, in a bid to educate investors and attract more investments in the capital market.
Civil aviation and tourism minister GM Quader inaugurated the fair as chief guest.
He said, ‘Listing with stock exchanges market makes companies more transparent and accountable.’
On the Bangladesh’s state-run tourism corporation, he said, ‘We are not decided about Parjatan Corporation as some modifications of laws would be required for floating that.’
He said that the ministry, however, was always looking for ways to raise public funds for expansion of the tourism industry rather than going for bank loans.
Sheraton Hotel general manager Trevor McDonald, SEC acting chairman Mansur Alam, DSE president Md Rakibur Rahman and CSE vice-president Al Maruf Khan also spoke on the occasion.

The New Age