, July 9 -- The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) will take steps to permanently halt the trading of shares belonging to companies whose production or business operations have been shut down for a long time, BSEC Chairman Masud Khan announced today (Thursday).

"In no mature stock market around the world do shares of closed companies trade abnormally like they do in our country. Therefore, necessary measures will be taken to stop the trading of such companies' shares in the interest of investors," Masud Khan said.

The BSEC chief made these remarks while speaking as the chief guest at the "CMJF Talk," an event organized by the Capital Market Journalists' Forum (CMJF) at its office in the capital's Bijoynagar on Thursday...