<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will sit in a meeting with the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on November 7 to discuss issues including the current status of the capital market and the imposition of floor prices.</span><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Bond market development, risk management and control, compliance infrastructure and enforcement measures in the market will also be discussed in the meeting, according to officials involved with the process.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">BSEC spokesperson Mohammad Rezaul Karim told UNB on Monday that the regulator is making all preparations for the meeting.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">BSEC Chairman Shibli Rubaiyat-ul-Islam, Commissioners, and Executive Officers will be present in the meeting, he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To prevent the ongoing fall in prices, the BSEC floor price system was imposed on the capital market on July 28 this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Although its market is on the rise, two-thirds of the companies listed in the capital market are currently stuck at the floor price. Investors are not able to buy and sell shares of these companies despite their desire.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a result, the capital market transactions are continuously decreasing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A delegation of the global lender IMF from Washington arrived in Dhaka on October 26 to discuss a $4.5 billion loan sought by Bangladesh amid dwindling foreign currency reserves. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>