Briefing 08-06-2022

Dhaka stocks drift into dull trade

Dhaka bourse ticked lower on Tuesday with a marginal loss both in broad index and turnover value extending losing streak for second consecutive session as major sectors saw minor price correction. Insiders said the market saw volatility as many investors offloaded their shares and rebalanced their portfolios to book profits. Page 9

Johnson sets out a raft of new policies

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to shore up his position on Tuesday by setting out a raft of new policies to senior ministers after he survived a confidence vote that revealed the scale of the threat to his position. Johnson won the vote late on Monday by 211 votes to 148 - enough to avoid having to immediately resign but a larger than anticipated rebellion within his party that leaves him politically wounded and battling to win back the confidence of his colleagues and the general public. Page 17

AFC Asian Cup: BD face Bahrain today

Bangladesh will start their AFC Asian Cup -2023 qualifiers campaign as they face upper- ranked Bahrain in their opening group E match scheduled to be held at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today (Wednesday), reports BSS. The match will kick off at 3:15pm (BST). Page 15

BD may lift cotton double fumigation

Bangladesh will consider lifting the requirement of double fumigation in importing cotton from the United States (US) on case-to-case basis - only after getting field-level inspection report from agri officials, sources said. A team of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) officials will visit the US soon to see the cotton fumigation procedure there, they added. Page 20