DSE electing 4 directors

The Dhaka Stock Exchange, the country's premier bourse, will elect four new Directors on Monday.

Voting started at 10am Monday and will end at 8pm, DSE Deputy General Manager Shafiqur Rahman said.

He said 240 members will elect four candidates out of eight vying for a place on the Board of Directors.

Every year, four new directors are elected to the 12-strong Board. All directors stay on the Board for three years.

After the four new directors are elected on Monday, the 12 directors will elect the DSE's new President, Senior Vice-President, and Vice-President from among them in their Saturday's annual general council elections.

Incumbent President Rakibur Rahman, directors Ahmed Iqbal Hasan, Khwaja Ghulam Rasul, and Sharif Ataur Rahman have completed their terms on the DSE's board.

Dhaka University teacher and also a University Grants Commission Member Prof MA Hashem is acting as the Chief Election Commissioner.