DSE Launches Smart Submission System to Fully Digitize Regulatory Filings

Bangladesh’s capital market has taken another significant step toward digital transformation as the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) introduces enhanced digital submission facilities. From now on, companies listed on the stock market will be able to submit all required documents instantly online. Previously, companies had to submit the same documents in hard copy and by email to multiple institutions. Now, all submissions can be completed from a single platform.

For this purpose, DSE has added two new features to its Smart Submission System (SSS): the Regulatory Submission Module and CSE Onboarding.

At an event held on Wednesday, 26 November, at the DSE Tower in Nikunja, the formal inauguration of the “Regulatory Submission Module and CSE Onboarding” took place. During the launch, it was announced that a one-stop digital service and a modern landing page would be introduced by December.

DSE Chairman Mominul Islam said, “Today is a historic day for the capital market—DSE has reached an important milestone in strengthening and enhancing digital connectivity with its stakeholders.”

The Chairman explained that for many years, document submission and reporting remained largely manual and dependent on hard copies, making investment processes slow and costly. With the launch of the Smart Submission System, companies will now be able to digitally submit all necessary documents—including price-sensitive information, regulatory reports, and financial statements. Eliminating hard-copy submissions will considerably reduce time, costs, and paperwork while ensuring safer, faster, and more environmentally friendly information management.

Speaking as the chief guest, BSEC Commissioner Md. Saifuddin said that the launch of DSE’s smart submission platform has opened a new horizon for accurate, fast, and secure document submission in the capital market as part of DSE’s digital transformation. He mentioned that the project, which began through a partnership with a Chinese consortium, has adopted BPM-based workflow automation. DSE officials received training at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and later developed the system using their own in-house capabilities.

The BSEC Commissioner added that in the future, financial information will not be limited to PDFs; DSE will move toward AI-readable and machine-readable XBRL-based submissions, marking the beginning of a new era for AI-driven data infrastructure.

Finance Ministry Additional Secretary Md. Said Kutub noted that the long-lagging capital market has made a fresh start on the path to digitalization through DSE’s initiative. He expressed hope that this would help restore investor confidence.

In a press release, DSE stated that through the new Regulatory Submission Module, companies will be able to submit financial reports, board meeting decisions, dividend declarations, and other required information online in the shortest time. Meanwhile, with CSE Onboarding, any document submitted once to the DSE system will automatically be transmitted to the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), and vice versa. This means companies will no longer need to send documents separately to both exchanges, saving time and speeding up operations.