DHAKA, Jan 9, 2025 (BSS) - The Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) has organized a webinar on "Recent Amendments to the Securities Laws: Focus on Corporate Governance" through online platform yesterday.

Md. Abul Kalam, Director of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission BSEC), presented a keynote paper on recent amendments to the securities laws in connection with Corporate Governance and other continuing compliances.

M Nurul Alam, Acting President of ICSB, delivered the welcome speech, while Mohammed Harun-Ar-Rashid, Council Member and Member of Professional Development Sub Committee (PDSC) of ICSB, chaired the webinar, said a press release today.

Mohammad Shafiqul Islam Bhuiyan, Council Member and Chairman of the Examination Committee of ICSB, moderated the webinar. M Nurul Alam, President of ICSB, delivered the welcome speech.

He said that today's webinar is very important for the company secretaries and CS practitioners where they get updated information regarding latest rules and regulations of BSEC.

In his speech, Mohammed Harun-Ar-Rashid thanked PDSC and its members for organizing such a time-befitting webinar mentioning that from now on ICSB will organize regular CPD both in person and online.

Md. Abul Kalam, Director of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) presented a keynote paper on "Recent Amendments to the Securities Laws: Focus on Corporate Governance".

In his presentation, he discussed about the Amendments to the Corporate Governance Code, BSEC (Commodity Exchange) Rules, 2023, BSEC (Real Estate Investment Trust Fund) Rules, 2024.

He also covered topics such as the submission of annual reports, the redefinition of "Z category companies," the placement and adjustment of different category of companies, bonus shares and stock dividends, hybrid AGM, and the conduct of AGM, EGM, and Board of Directors (BoD) meetings using digital platforms.

Additionally, Kalam addressed the matters regarding prohibition of insider trading and dissemination of price sensitive information (PSI).

The programme was attended by a good number of Members of ICSB. The discussion session was followed by an interactive question and answer session, where the Keynote Speaker answered various questions from the participants.

At the end, Mohammad Shafiqul Islam Bhuiyan concluded the session with a vote of thanks.