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Highlights of progress of CDS |
June ‘04 | June ‘05 | June ‘06 | June ‘07 | June ‘08 |
| Investors Accounts set-up in the CDS | 6,347 | 360,908 | 792,463 | 1,385,144 | 1,777,334 |
| Depository Participants (Equity market) | 60 | 159 | 202 | 222 | 250 |
| Equity Securities in CDS – Issuers | 15 | 61 | 100 | 118 | 150 |
| Number of Equity Shares in CDS (in mn) | 10 | 196 | 462 | 714 | 1098 |
Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) is a public limited company that operate and maintain the Central Depository System (CDS) of electronic book entry, recording and maintaining securities accounts and registering transfer of securities; changing the ownership without any physical movement or endorsement of certificates and execution of transfer instruments, as well as various other investor services including providing a platform for the secondary market trading of Treasury Bills and Government Bonds issued by the Bangladesh Bank.