Former BSEC commissioner Bala no more

Former Commissioner of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Prof Swapan Kumar Bala breathed his last today.

He was taken to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Dhaka after he felt sick in the morning. Later, the hospital doctors declared him dead.

Bala was a professor at the accounting and information systems department of Dhaka University. He joined Dhaka Stock Exchange as its chief executive officer in 2013.

After completing his tenure in the premier bourse, Bala joined BSEC as a commissioner for four years.