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  Global stocks plunge, set for worst week since financial crisis

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:39pm on February 28, 2020

  Global stock markets plunged further on Friday, with equities on course for the largest weekly drop since the global financial crisis more than a decade...

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  Norway govt fund keeps raising stake in Bangladesh stock market

  Mostafizur Rahman | Updated at 10:37pm on February 28, 2020

  Norway’s sovereign wealth fund (SWF), the world’s biggest fund, raised stakes in the Bangladesh’s capital market for the fourth consecutive year in 2019 despite the...

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  Global stocks, oil keep slumping as virus takes hold outside China

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 11:18pm on February 27, 2020

  European and the Tokyo stock markets slumped once again on Thursday as new coronavirus infections surged outside China. US market also opened sharply lower, joining...

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  Stocks plunge for 6th day as forced lending rate cut triggers panic

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:09pm on February 27, 2020

  Dhaka stocks continued to plunge on Thursday, stretching the losing streak to the sixth session, amid rampant panic sales over concerns about the banking sector...

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  World stocks rout continues as coronavirus sweeps globe

  Agence France-Presse . London/ New York | Updated at 11:32pm on February 26, 2020

  Global stocks continued to plunge on Wednesday, as major companies began to count the financial cost of the spreading coronavirus. Heavy selling in Asia and...

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  Accurate financial reporting must for capital market dev: BSEC chair

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:30pm on February 26, 2020

  Transparent and accurate financial reporting is the prerequisite for capital market development, said Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission chairman M Khairul Hossain on Wednesday. He...

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  Stocks in free fall again as banks face forced rate cut

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:21pm on February 26, 2020

  Dhaka stocks went into free fall on Wednesday, extending the losing streak to the fifth session as investors continued selling shares amid the Bangladesh Bank’s...

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  Stocks in free fall again as banks face forced rate cut

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:20pm on February 26, 2020

  Dhaka stocks went into free fall on Wednesday, extending the losing streak to the fifth session as investors continued selling shares amid the Bangladesh Bank’s...

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  Global stocks extend losses on fear of virus pandemic

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:37pm on February 25, 2020

  European stock markets fell further on Tuesday but declines in midday trading were far less than during a major sell-off a day earlier. World equities...

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  Asif becomes CSE chair

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:36pm on February 25, 2020

  Newage Group of Industries vice-chairman Asif Ibrahim was on Tuesday elected chairman of the Chittagong Stock Exchange by its board of directors for the next...