State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2021-22
Independent Review of
RBD
Bangladesh's Development
Overview of the Performance of the
Capital Market
□ Major share (bank, pharma) maintained
leading positions in terms of market
capitalisation during the pandemic period as
like those in the pre-pandemic period
However, their positions have changes during
the later phase of the pandemic period where
market capitalisation of telecommunications has
surpassed the other two stocks (banks and
pharma)
The number of newly listed companies
remains at weak state during the pandemic
period as observed in the pre-Pandemic
period(6 in 2019 to 5 in 2020 and 9 in 2021)
800,000.00
Figure: Sectoral Market cap.
Banks
700,000.00
600,000.00
500,000.00
Financial
Institutions
Insurance
400,000.00
300,000.00
200,000.00
As on
As on
As on
June 2019 June 2020
June 2021
Food &
Allied
Product
Pharmaceut
icals &
Chemicals
Textile
100,000.00
Year
2018
0.00
Figure: Portfolio Investment
Per company
capital (BDT
Number of
Amount
company
(BDT Crore)
Crore)
10
266
26.6
2019
6
345
57.5
2020
5
730.87
146.2
2021
2021
9
744.36
82.7
27.6
(without
MNC)
8
220.57
The introduction of 'Sukuk Bond' is Bangladesh's first attempt at introducing an Islamic financial
instrument. The bond was launched initially by the government of Bangladesh to finance the safe water
supply project for Bangladesh with a Tk 4,000 crore. Beximco is the first private company to receive a
green signal from the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) to issue Tk 3000 crore
worth green Sukuk. This collected amount will be used to fund two solar projects with the power division
CPD (2021): State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2021-22 (First Reading)
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