Dhaka, July 12 -- In a significant move to modernise public debt management and deepen the secondary bond market, the Finance Division has introduced a comprehensive set of updated guidelines for primary dealers-institutions authorised to trade in government securities.
The new regulations, which came into effect on 8 July, aim to boost market liquidity, enhance transparency, and expand the investor base for government bonds.
They form part of a broader government strategy to establish a well-functioning bond market that supports long-term financing, efficient debt servicing, and private sector access to competitive borrowing.
Under the new framework, each primary dealer is required to maintain a minimum annual secondary market turnover ...