Briefing 30-07-2022

Stocks' rout deepens on sell-offs

Stocks continued their downtrend, tumbling for the fourth consecutive week to Thursday as growing concerns over an economic slowdown sapped investor sentiment. Market operators said panic-stricken investors resorted to relentless sell-offs as they apprehend that the market might fall further amid looming uncertainties in the coming months, resulting from the global economic turmoil. Page 9

Russia attacks Kyiv area

Russian forces launched a missile attack on the Kyiv area for the first time in weeks Thursday and pounded the northern Chernihiv region as well, in what Ukraine said was revenge for standing up to the Kremlin. Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, announced a counteroffensive to take back the occupied Kherson region in the country's south, territory seized by Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces early in the war. Page 13

Tigers-Zimbabwe T20 match today

A new look Bangladesh will take on Zimbabwe for the first T20 game today (Saturday). The match starts at 5pm (Bangladesh Time) at Harare Sports Club and will be aired live on T Sports Channel. Page 15

GP, Banglalink do better than others

Grameenphone (GP) and Banglalink outperformed the country's other operators in mobile network experience, according to a report of Opensignal, a UK-based independent global standard for analysing consumers' mobile experience. Opensignal recently prepared the report - based on data collected between 1 April and 29 June 2022. Page 20