The IMF projects that consumer prices in the country will rise by 7.9 percent by the end of the fiscal year
A team of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), headed by its chief M Khairul Hossain, handed over the deposit receipt to Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday.
BO accounts are necessary for investors to trade in shares at the stock market and they have to be opened with banks against deposit accounts through brokerage houses.
Brokerage houses and the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) jointly maintain the accounts.
Brokerage houses charge an annual fee of Tk 500 as the maintenance fee and the government receives Tk 150 from it.
According to the CDBL, the number of BO accounts are over 3.22 million.