http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/29588 An irrationally inflated stock market crashed. The crash had been deadliest during the stock market’s 55 year history. The crash would carry its legacy in the coming days; unforgettably. A sudden and the harshest crash in the Dhaka Stock Exchange in its 55-years history led many individual retail investors to riot in the streets in Dhaka after suffering significant losses who still believe that the returns are much higher than the deposits in share market. Bangladesh is one of the world’s poorest countries, but in recent years the rising stock of the country’s mobile communications enterprises and also other companies attracted many investors. Most of these retail investors divert their funds to the stock market from essential and productive activities and also many of them left and still leaving their day-jobs to ponder in the stock market. Largely they are small-time entrepreneurs with limited capital, knowledge about the market and limited risk-taking capacity believe that they will get a quick and more return out of the market by buying stocks; without realizing the real face values of the stock versus the performance of the companies they are buying from. But things were proved not like what they hoped when a sudden and the most drastic crash in December 2010, in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in its 55-years history. Many of these retail investors lost their investments in this fall of share prices. Out of anger and dejection, the aggrieved investors came down to the streets, vandalized vehicles, set fire to wood and papers in front of the DSE building and blocked the roads there chanting slogans against the top bosses of the premier bourse and market regulators, and demanded resignation of the central bank governor. Police baton-charged the angry crowd outside the stock exchange building in central Dhaka to calm the situation down. Though the share-market is giving a sign of rebounded in its stable state again, fear and uncertainty still prevails in every investor here. http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/45382/55080_468928528940_537543940_5594658_99401_o_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/adnan <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263057/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_001_small.jpg' /><br />A building opposite to Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) was razed by the angry investors after the crashed was occurred. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263057'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263057 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:13:27 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263057 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263057/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_001_small.jpg' /><br />A building opposite to Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) was razed by the angry investors after the crashed was occurred. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263057'>view full-size image</a> adnan <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263066/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_002_small.jpg' /><br />Mustaque Ahmed (38) is coming of a brokerage house after he saw price of his shares fell drastically. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263066'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263066 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:16:58 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263066 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263066/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_002_small.jpg' /><br />Mustaque Ahmed (38) is coming of a brokerage house after he saw price of his shares fell drastically. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263066'>view full-size image</a> adnan <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263069/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_003_small.jpg' /><br />Angry protesters took to the streets as the Dhaka stocks have crashed by a record 551 points marking a 6.71 percent decrease in late December 2010. The stocks began to plummet almost immediately after trading began in the morning and plummeted by almost 200 points within an hour. The general index ended at 7654 by the close of the session. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263069'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263069 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:18:06 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263069 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263069/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_003_small.jpg' /><br />Angry protesters took to the streets as the Dhaka stocks have crashed by a record 551 points marking a 6.71 percent decrease in late December 2010. The stocks began to plummet almost immediately after trading began in the morning and plummeted by almost 200 points within an hour. The general index ended at 7654 by the close of the session. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263069'>view full-size image</a> adnan <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263072/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_004_small.jpg' /><br />Tension and uncertainity remains inside every brokerage house in Dhaka and Chittagong as the price of shares of almost every company is falling down sharply. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263072'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263072 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:18:58 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263072 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263072/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_004_small.jpg' /><br />Tension and uncertainity remains inside every brokerage house in Dhaka and Chittagong as the price of shares of almost every company is falling down sharply. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263072'>view full-size image</a> adnan <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263075/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_005_small.jpg' /><br />An anxious investor observes the falling price of shares in a computer screen inside a brokerage house in Dhaka. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263075'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263075 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:20:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263075 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263075/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_005_small.jpg' /><br />An anxious investor observes the falling price of shares in a computer screen inside a brokerage house in Dhaka. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263075'>view full-size image</a> adnan <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263078/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_006_small.jpg' /><br />Inside of a share brokerage house at Mirpur in Dhaka. Though the share-market bounced back in its stable state again after its biggest crash in the history, fear still prevails in every investor. Dhaka, Bangladesh<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263078'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263078 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:21:39 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263078 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263078/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_006_small.jpg' /><br />Inside of a share brokerage house at Mirpur in Dhaka. Though the share-market bounced back in its stable state again after its biggest crash in the history, fear still prevails in every investor. Dhaka, Bangladesh<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263078'>view full-size image</a> adnan <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263081/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_007_small.jpg' /><br />Inside of a share brokerage house at Gulshan in Dhaka. Though the share-market bounced back in its stable state again after its biggest crash in the history, fear still prevails in every investor. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263081'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263081 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:32:15 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263081 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263081/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_007_small.jpg' /><br />Inside of a share brokerage house at Gulshan in Dhaka. Though the share-market bounced back in its stable state again after its biggest crash in the history, fear still prevails in every investor. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263081'>view full-size image</a> adnan <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263084/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_008_small.jpg' /><br />In an unprecedented move, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced Dhaka and Chittagong stock-markets shut around 12pm on Monday, as the capital market continues to plummet. Hundreds of investors have taken to the streets in Motijheel and Dilkusha in Dhaka after regulators halted trading. The police and RAB began charging batons to disperse the angry investors. Within the first 55 minutes of the day's trading on Monday, the index dipped to 660.43 points. Dhaka, Bangladesh<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263084'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263084 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:41:08 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263084 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263084/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_008_small.jpg' /><br />In an unprecedented move, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced Dhaka and Chittagong stock-markets shut around 12pm on Monday, as the capital market continues to plummet. Hundreds of investors have taken to the streets in Motijheel and Dilkusha in Dhaka after regulators halted trading. The police and RAB began charging batons to disperse the angry investors. Within the first 55 minutes of the day's trading on Monday, the index dipped to 660.43 points. Dhaka, Bangladesh<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263084'>view full-size image</a> adnan <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263087/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_009_small.jpg' /><br />A special prayer and ‘doa-e-yunus’ is held in front the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) at Motijheel seeking divine blessings for the stabilization of ongoing state of the stock market. The small investors prayed for their survival as they have lost most of their investment in continuous plunge of the share prices. Dhaka, Bangladesh<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263087'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263087 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:45:55 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263087 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263087/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_009_small.jpg' /><br />A special prayer and ‘doa-e-yunus’ is held in front the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) at Motijheel seeking divine blessings for the stabilization of ongoing state of the stock market. The small investors prayed for their survival as they have lost most of their investment in continuous plunge of the share prices. Dhaka, Bangladesh<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263087'>view full-size image</a> adnan <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263090/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_010_small.jpg' /><br />Out of dissapointment, the investors stand in the street while the police and other law enforcers are arresting the demonstrating investors from the street near Dhaka Stock Exchange. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263090'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263090 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:53:54 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263090 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263090/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_010_small.jpg' /><br />Out of dissapointment, the investors stand in the street while the police and other law enforcers are arresting the demonstrating investors from the street near Dhaka Stock Exchange. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263090'>view full-size image</a> adnan <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263093/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_011_small.JPG' /><br />The Street in front of DSE during the investors’ protest against the top bosses of the premier bourse and market regulators, and the central bank governor. The investors pelted law enforcers with brickbats, set fires and destroy cars and other vehicle they got near them in the street. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263093'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263093 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:59:43 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263093 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263093/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_011_small.JPG' /><br />The Street in front of DSE during the investors’ protest against the top bosses of the premier bourse and market regulators, and the central bank governor. The investors pelted law enforcers with brickbats, set fires and destroy cars and other vehicle they got near them in the street. Dhaka, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263093'>view full-size image</a> adnan <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263096/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_012_small.jpg' /><br />An investor who was arrested by the police during the angry investors’ protest after DSE has its biggest crash. Dhaka, Bangladesh<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263096'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263096 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:03:43 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263096 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1263096/Graphics_of_Deadliest_Crash_012_small.jpg' /><br />An investor who was arrested by the police during the angry investors’ protest after DSE has its biggest crash. Dhaka, Bangladesh<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1263096'>view full-size image</a> adnan