Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 16 -- With fears of coronavirus dominating market sentiment, Bangladesh's stocks tumbled further on Sunday amid incessant selling by investors to escape further losses.

Within 15 minutes, DSEX slumped more than 200 points with dipping below 4,000-mark on the news of imposing travel bans on different countries and Bangladesh suspending on-arrival visas on European nations for two weeks.

At the end of the session, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), settle at 3,969, shedding 160.64 points or 3.88 per cent over the previous day.

DSEX sank the below 4,000-mark for the first time in five years since May 2015.

Two other indices also saw steep fall. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips, fell 48....