PM holds meet on share mkt

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The crucial meeting on stock market stabilisation was in progress at the Prime Minister's official residence Ganobhaban on Wednesday night, reports UNB. Details of the meeting were not available until our going to the press at 11:00pm. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called the meeting to discuss the present condition of the share market. The meeting started at about 7:40pm. Finance Minister AMA Muhith, PM's advisor HT Imam, Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Dr M Khairul Hossain, National Board of Revenue chairman Nasiruddin Ahmed, Bangladesh Bank deputy governor M Nazrul Huda, SEC members Helal Uddin Nizami, Amzad Hossain and Arif Khan, Dhaka Stock Exchange president Shakil Rizvi, Chittagong Stock Exchange president Fakhor Uddin Ali Ahmed, Standard Bank chairman Kazi Akramuddin, Finance secretary, Banking Division secretary and representatives of Bangladesh Insurance Association, Bangladesh Association of Banks, Association of Bankers, Bangladesh are in the meeting. However, Salman F Rahman, one of the major stakeholders, was not invited in the crucial meeting. Rahman, president of Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC), was appointed director of the Dhaka Stock Exchange board in September last.