Dhaka, Jan. 5 -- A move advances to rope in 10 more entities having public shares to the stock market long starved of good stocks and facing frequent volatilities, officials say.

Of the ten blue-chip companies, some are solely owned by government while some are multinationals wherein government has small stakes.

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed is scheduled to sit with the chief executives of the companies tomorrow (Wednesday) to persuade to divest stakes on the share market, according to officials concerned.

"We will request them to offload shares on the stock market," says a senior official at the Financial Institutions Division (FID).

At the same time, he says, the adviser will also hear from the company bosses about their requi...