Briefing 2023-07-25
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
Quarterly profit of BAT Bangladesh declines
Despite earning higher gross revenue, BAT Bangladesh experienced a marginal decline in net profit in the April-June quarter this year due to higher production costs and increased operating expenses. The cigarette manufacturer's gross revenue rose 15 per cent year on year to Tk 113.30 billion in the June quarter while net profit dropped by 0.80 per cent to Tk 4.93 billion. Page 9
Borges scores hat-trick as Brazil beat Panama
Ary Borges scored a hat-trick on her Women's World Cup debut to help Brazil thrash debutants Panama 4-0 on Monday and get their campaign off to a winning start. The result takes Brazil top of Group F, after France were held to a 0-0 draw by Jamaica on Sunday. "We're happy, the first game is always difficult," Brazil coach Pia Sundhage said. Page 15
300,000 Rohingya children attend school
Against the odds of displacement, fires burning down learning centres, and Cyclone Mocha's wrath, classrooms in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh filled up on Sunday with children, excited on the first day of school. Thanks to expanded education opportunities for teenagers and girls, a record 300,000 children are enrolled for the 2023/24 school year. Page 16
US terms Cambodia polls 'neither free nor fair'
Cambodia's longtime ruling party on Monday lauded its landslide victory in weekend elections as a clear mandate for the next five years. The US said the party's stifling of the opposition meant the vote could not be considered free or fair and that Washington was taking punitive measures. Page 18