, March 3 -- The country's two main bourses, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), suffered their steepest fall of the year on Tuesday, with key indices plunging sharply amid widespread price erosion.

At the Dhaka Stock Exchange, the benchmark DSEX dropped 208 points at the close of trading, the third working day of the week.

The Shariah-based DSES declined by 36 points, while the blue-chip DS30 index shed 85 points.

Most listed companies saw their share prices fall. Of the traded issues, 349 declined, 31 advanced and 11 remained unchanged.

Turnover at the DSE stood at Tk 885 crore, up from Tk 779 crore in the previous session.

In the block market, shares worth about Tk 23 crore were traded involving...