Briefing 18-05-2022
May 18, 2022 00:00:00
Stocks keep bleeding
Stocks continued bleeding for the fifth straight session on Tuesday as cautious investors kept their sell-off to avoid further erosion of their portfolios amid growing economic worries. Following the previous day's steep fall, the market opened on a positive for a while, then started to decline sharply and the key index lost more than 110 points at one stage. Page 9
Ukrainian troops evacuated from Azovstal
Ukraine has confirmed that hundreds of its fighters trapped for more than two months in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks have been evacuated. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said 53 badly wounded soldiers were taken to the town of Novoazovsk, held by Russian-backed rebels. Page 17
Tigers in pole position on Day 3
Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das struck fifties after Tamim Iqbal made a hundred to put Bangladesh in pole position in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram on Tuesday. Liton hit 54 not out and Mushfiqur made 53 not out as the pair added 98 runs in an unbroken stand to guide Bangladesh to 318-3 at stumps on the third day, in reply to Sri Lanka's first innings 397. Page 15
Digital policy for cross-border e-com
The government has planned to prepare a policy for cross-border e-commerce, aiming to facilitate exports of Bangladeshi products online. Currently, there is no specific policy in the country to operate the cross-border trade through digital platforms. Page 20