A BEI-led team of four members, consisting of Mr. Humayun Kabir, Senior Research Director, BEI and Mr. Faiz Sobhan, Research Director, BEI, and two senior law enforcement officials from the Government of Bangladesh, undertook a very successful trip to Singapore and Indonesia from 13 to 18 June 2010.  The objective of the visit to both countries was to learn the successes of the Counter-Terrorism strategy adopted by both countries. 

The delegation had a number of meetings with senior government officials and counter-terrorism experts from both Singapore and Indonesia.  In Singapore, the delegation also had a roundtable meeting organized by the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang University.   In Indonesia, the delegation had meetings with the Jakarta Centre for Law...

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Listed companies now better governed
Says CEO of Dhaka Stock Exchange
Star Business Report

Listed companies are gradually implementing corporate governance directives set by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), an official said yesterday.

As many as 91 percent of listed companies are following the SEC directives for the size of the boards of directors, independent directors and audit committees, annual general meetings, said Satipati Moitra, chief executive officer of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).

The directives are meant to ensure transparency in companies' internal operation.

The DSE has conducted a survey on 104 out of 241 listed companies, where it found that most have complied with the regulations, he said.

In a keynote paper, Moitra said that 88 percent of the surveyed companies have complied with the regulations of the...