Stocks in Bangladesh soared for the second consecutive day today after the regulator lowered the limit of the circuit breaker to stop the free fall of the index.

Thin participation of institutional investors brought down both the key index and turnover of the Dhaka Stock Exchange to three-month lows yesterday.

Two economic giants -- India and China -- are in a race to buy 25 percent stake in the Dhaka Stock Exchange.

Trading at country’s premier bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) began one-and-half hours late for what authorities said “technical glitch”.

Turnover on the Dhaka bourse hit a five-month high yesterday with the stocks ending in the black for the second consecutive session.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange yesterday relaunched its website in an effort to make it more user-friendly and generate income using the site as an advertisement platform.