Share market investors took to the streets in rowdy demonstrations again on Wednesday protesting at the free fall of share prices as the Dhaka stocks plunged by 151.74 points on the day. They shouted slogans demanding immediate resignation of the finance minister, the Bangladesh Bank governor and the Dhaka Stock Exchange
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Experts lambast govt for apathy to mend stock meltdown
Experts on Wednesday came down heavily on the government for taking no steps at all to stabilise the country’s capital market, blaming its foot-dragging over reforming the Securities and Exchange Commission and indifference to re-infuse investors with fresh confidence for the continued reign of volatility over the market for five long
Stocks plunge to nine-month low
Protests continue for sixth straight day Stocks continued their nosedive for the fourth consecutive session as the key index hit a nine-month low yesterday. At the end of a four-hour trading session, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange — DSE General Index — came down to 6,052 points, marking a sharp decline of ... Read more
Stocks plunge on rumour-driven panic selling
Share prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange plunged on Tuesday as investors went for panic selling, driven by rumours including one on a squeeze of margin loan by the regulators. The benchmark general index of the DSE fell by 203.25 points, or 2.72 per cent, to close at 7,280.98 points on the day after the ... Read more
Investors run amok over stocks plunge
Disgruntled share market investors on Wednesday locked in scuffles with the police on the street and threw brickbats at the Dhaka Stock Exchange building in the city’s Motijheel area after the share prices dipped further and a newly-introduced circuit-breaker halted trading on the bourse. Hundreds of angry investors came out on the road in front ... Read more
Trading halted after stocks plunge
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday halted trading on the country’s two bourses, for the second time in the past eight days, more than an hour before the scheduled closure to stop a steep slide in share prices. Angry investors came out on the streets from different brokerage houses after the