Briefing 30-04-2022

Stocks fall as investors weigh earnings

The benchmark equity index retreated into the red in the last week before the Eid holiday as cautious investors opted to book profit on quick-gaining stocks. The week to Thursday featured five trading days as usual -- three sessions closed positive while two others faced corrections. Week on week, the prime DSEX index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) drops 6.70 points or 0.10 per cent to settle at 6,655 after gaining over 77 points in the week before. Page 9

Pakistan, India reel under heat wave

Pakistan issued a heat warning after the hottest March in 61 years, and in parts of neighbouring India schools were shut and streets deserted as an intense heat wave showed no signs of abating on Friday, officials said. Pakistan's Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Sherry Rehman, urged the federal and provincial governments to take precautionary measures to manage the intense heat wave, which touched highs of 47 degrees Celsius (116.6 Fahrenheit) in parts of the country. Page 22

Bashundhara bask in goal-fest

Star-studded Bashundhara Kings continued their winning run in the TVS Bangladesh Premier League football as they dumped Uttar Baridhara Club by 6-0 goals in the one sided affairs held on Friday at Bashundhara Sports Complex in the city. Page 24

Clothing stores bustling with Eid shoppers

With Eid-ul-Fitr only days away, clothing stores in Dhaka are abuzz with customers, but the owners are not fully happy as they bemoan that sales have not returned to the pre-pandemic level despite a sharp drop in coronavirus cases, reports bdnews24.com. The traders hope sales will exceed their expectations in the rest of the days before Eid. Page 21