A risky country for Business

Bangladesh ranks among riskiest countries for business

To all woe and worry, are times Bangladesh has set its landing page in, in an international business homepage. Recent flout of events striking fear in all respects of the country, not only the restaurant/cafe business, is at the heart of the all the upheaval.

Rated by a London-based risk analysis firm, the Civil Unrest Index lists Bangladesh at No.6 of the top 200 countries, staging public protests, mass demonstrations, ethnic or religious violence, which aggravates Bangladesh's image further. Previously, the World Bank listed Bangladesh the 174th easiest country to do business, revealing the difficulty businessmen face in this economy.

Investing in the Stock Market - Interview with CES Director Sajid Amit

The Director of Center for Enterprise and Society (CES), Sajid Amit, shares some invaluable opinion about the share market of Bangladesh, during the recent CES training on Technical Analysis. 

Part 1:

In Part 1 of the interview, he emphasizes how the risky feature of the sector should not be taken lightly by the middle and the lower-middle class to invest in the stock market, without Investor-Literacy and adequate information. The potential of the Stock Market in the economy is undeniable according to him, since investment in real-estate is not a affordable substitute for the citizens. 

Below is Part 1 of the two-part interview:

Part 2:

In Part 2 of the interview, Sajid Amit talks about the characteristic of the Bangladeshi stock market.

He explains capital market efficiency in Bangladesh and in the US explaining how they fall in the spectrum of weak to strong form.

The Director emphasized the value of financial journalism, which was inaccurate previously. So a multi-faceted awareness training program should be designed, including financial journalists, traders and researchers.

Speaking about IPOs, in-comparison with India, the big companies and locally operating MNCs are not listed in our stock market. Along with introducing their IPOs, big banks should also invest.

With these strategies in place, the development in Bangladesh would be quicker than in other countries and the future of Stock market, according to Sajid Amit, looks promising.

Below is Part 2 of the two-part interview: