ICB Chairman Hasinur Rahman inaugurated the branch as chief guest. Among others, Ziaul Huq Khondkar, managing director of ICB, Jahangir Mia, general manager of ICB and chairman of ISTCL, and Nurul Alam, chief executive officer of ISTCL, were presmnt at the opening ceremony.

It is the third branch of ISTCL. The speakers hoped that the new Barisal branch would meet the long desire of on-line trading of the investors of this region and give impetus for the investors in active portfolio management, which would enhance the trading volume of the bourse.

ISTCL, the top most brokerage house in both Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges, has started online trading on behalf of both institutional and individual investors and has primarily linked its Barisal branch with Chittagong Stock Exchange Ltd.