Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Bangladesh remains largely absent from international conversations on capital markets and investment, former Bangladesh Bank governor Mohammed Farashuddin said on Sunday.

Speaking as the chief guest at the award ceremony of NeXTor 2.0-an inter-university real-time capital market competition held at East West University-Farashuddin noted that while stock markets in cities such as Karachi, Lahore, Mumbai, Bangkok, Colombo, and even Bhutan regularly feature in regional and global discussions, Bangladesh's capital market is rarely mentioned.The competition was organised by the East West University Investment and Finance Club.

Farashuddin said a critical issue facing the country is understanding why domestic savings continu...