Staff Correspondent:Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asserted that her government will continue its efforts for sustainable development of the capital market.
She also expected that the capital market will be the dependable long-term source of financing for building a enriched Bangladesh.
The Prime Minister said while auspicating countrywide Financial Literacy programme at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) organised by Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).
She said her government's target is to make the country free from poverty as the economic emancipation is the only key to that end. "So, for further flourishing of the capital market, we're always expanding our hands for all types of cooperation."
The Prime Minister also mentioned that her two consecutive governments since 2009 have taken various types of initiatives for the establishment of a stable, transparent and accountable capital market.
"As a result, the stability of the capital market has been established as well as the confidence of investors from home and aboard has bolstered," she said.
BSEC Chairman Dr M Khairul Hossain delivered the welcome speech while Finance Minister AMA Muhith spoke as the special guest.
The vision of the Financial Literacy Program is to provide financial education to each and every person of Bangladesh.
Earlier, the Prime Minister auspicated the newly-built building for the BSEC in the city's Agargaon area.