Dhaka, Feb. 16 -- Following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's intervention to save the plunging market, the government last week announced its decision on allowing the banks to set up special funds for investment in the stocks.Share prices rebounded following the decision and the DSEX, the main index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, rose around 170 points or 3.75 percent to 4734.15 on Sunday, the first trading day of the week.The turnover was over Tk 9.16 billion. Prices of 293 shares and mutual funds gained, 40 dropped and 23 remained unchanged.

The index gained around 200 points in the last three trading days. At Chittagong Stock Exchange, the CASPI gained 533 points or around 4 percent to 14,437. The turnover was Tk 300 million.Out of the 28...