Briefing 2022-10-09

Uniform online platform for mkt entities

All entities of the stock market will come under a uniform online communication platform for reporting to the securities regulator on January 1, 2023. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has issued an order to complete developing the platform by December 31 this year. Page 9

Tigers face New Zealand today

Bangladesh are keen to show their improvement in a bid to stay alive in the tri-nation T20 series when they will take on hosts New Zealand in their second match at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand today (Sunday). The match will start at 12 noon (BST) and it will be aired live on T Sports Channel. Page 13

Climate-hit businesses bank on new plan

Khaleda Sultana's small workshop in Dhaka, where she makes homeware and handicrafts from jute and other plant fibres, is far from the coastal areas of Bangladesh that are struggling to cope with rising seas and powerful storms. But, she says, her business still needs to adapt to worsening climate change impacts. Page 12

Sustainable waste management

Entrepreneurs have urged the government to provide incentives and tax rebate facilities on the private sector initiatives for innovative, sustainable and smart plastic waste management. They made the call at a seminar, titled 'Enabling Policy for Sustainable Plastic Waste Management', jointly organised by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FBCCI) and Unilever Bangladesh at a city hotel in the capital on Saturday. Page 16