BanglaCapsule | Dhaka Stock Exchange Timeline  

1954 Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), was first incorporated as East Pakistan Stock Exchange Association Ltd and started formal trading in 1956.
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1986 Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) All Share Price Index was started.
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1996 Dhaka Stock Exchange suffered the biggest single-day crash to date when DSE General Index plunged 233 points or 6 percent at the close of trading session.
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1998 The automated trading was initiated at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).
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2001 DSE 20 Index was started at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).
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2004 Central Depository System (CDS) was initiated at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).
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2009 The Dhaka Stock Exchange single day trading volume hits record one thousand crore mark for the very first time with total trading volume of Tk 1,149.71 crore; this was also the first trading day under the new fiscal year the budget of which has allowed undisclosed money to invest in the share market and lowered corporate tax on banks and insurance companies.
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2010 The stock market suffered the biggest one-day fall to date when the General Index of Dhaka Stock Exchange slipped 552 points or 6.73 percent.
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2010 Dhaka Stock Exchange suffered the biggest single-day crash to date in its 55-year history when DSE General Index plunged 551 points or 6.72 percent to 7,654 points at the close of a four-hour trading session.
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2011 The stock market suffered the biggest one-day fall to date in its 55-year history when the General Index of Dhaka Stock Exchange slipped 600 points or 7.75 percent to 7,135 points.
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