Time has come to develop the investment market, said Finance Minister MA Muhith at the Investor and Entrepreneur Conference at Amanullah Convention Hall in Sylhet yesterday.

“The capital market is no longer a market for speculation and those who think like that, they are the enemy of the market,” he said.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) also organised a fair to educate on investments at the same venue.

Muhith said investors and entrepreneurs should learn about the stock market and analyse the market's situation before going for investments.

The government has been strengthening the market for the last seven years, he said.

He cautioned that people should invest with proper knowledge of the market, not blindly putting trust on fate as the market was very important for people's empowerment. M Khairul Hossain, chairman of the BSEC, also spoke at the conference. Eight investment institutions participated at the fair to provide information to investors and entrepreneurs.