Dhaka, June 2 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday said the government is completely restructuring the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with a new leadership team selected independently on the basis of professional expertise, as part of

broader efforts to restore confidence in Bangladesh's capital market.

He said the reconstituted commission, comprising a chairman and four commissioners, would be announced within the next two weeks.

"We are completely reorganising the Securities and Exchange Commission. Within the next two weeks, people will know about the new team," the finance minister said while speaking at a pre-budget discussion organised by the Economic Reporters' Forum at its office auditorium.

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