Dhaka, April 28 -- The finance minister has placed two amended bills in parliament to remove the age limit during the appointment of top officials of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA).

The BSEC (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was the first of the two tabled by Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday.

He proposed amending the BSEC Act, 1993 by scrapping the 65-year age limit for appointing the chairman and commissioners of the capital market regulator.

The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which followed the BSEC legislature in the House, is aimed at amendments to the IDRA Act, 2010.

It suggests revoking the "disqualificatio...