Dhaka, June 11 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday unveiled a comprehensive capital market reform agenda in the FY2026-27 budget proposal, outlining steps to make Bangladesh's bourse deeper, more transparent, diversified, and investor-friendly.

Presenting the budget speech in the Jatiya Sangsad, the minister said unnecessary complexities, delays, excessive costs, and regulatory ambiguities in the listing process will be reduced to make it easier for promising companies to enter the capital market.

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"The IPO process will be made time-bound and technology-driven," he said, adding that application submission, document verification, fee payment, amendments,...