Both the stock exchanges will start trading at 10.30 am instead of 11.00 am from today (Sunday) to match with the banking hours, officials said.

Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange have already approved the revised trading schedule at their respective boards.

"After getting consent from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) have unanimously fixed the revised time schedule of share trading," DSE chief financial officer (CFO) Shuvra Kanti Choudhury, FCA, told the FE.

The office hour of both the stock exchanges will start at 9.30 am instead of 10 am also from today) and will end at 5.30 pm in a bid to match with the revised trading schedule.

Financial Express/Bangladesh/ 3rd June 2012