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Pakistan, India pledge to end skirmishes along Kashmir frontier
| Updated at 04:24pm on February 25, 2021
Pakistan and India on Thursday pledged to end all firing along their disputed Kashmir frontier, according to a joint statement from their militaries, after months...
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The rise and fall of urban middle class
Afsan Chowdhury | Updated at 02:24am on February 21, 2021
HISTORY is built around alliances amongst classes, groups and communities. Each of these segments has its own characteristics and alliance formation. These identities are cross-cutting...
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Ekushey February, language policy and language in society
Obaidul Hamid | Updated at 12:00am on February 21, 2021
FEBRUARY 21 visits us every year but it is not just a date. It indexes many things, which can be read in the pages of...
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Expectations v experiences
Md Nuruzzaman | Updated at 12:00am on February 18, 2021
DR MOHAMMAD Shamsuzzoha’s sacrifice in the eve of the independence war of Bangladesh is unique in case of university teaching. The way he wanted to...
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SA captain De Kock takes 'mental health' break
Agence France-Presse . Johannesburg | Updated at 04:39pm on February 16, 2021
South Africa captain Quinton de Kock will take a 'mental health' break and skip a forthcoming domestic Twenty20 tournament on medical advice. Andrew Breetzke, chief...
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Trial of 1971 genocide is in Bangladesh’s hands: Indian envoy
United News of Bangladesh | Updated at 06:55pm on February 15, 2021
Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami on Monday indicated the trial of Pakistani genocide committed during the 1971 Liberation War could take place...
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Pakistan end South Africa's unbeaten Asia record
Agence France-Presse . Lahore | Updated at 12:59am on February 15, 2021
Tail-ender Hasan Ali hit two sixes in the penultimate over to help Pakistan clinch the Twenty20 international series against South Africa with a four-wicket win...
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South Africa level T20 series against Pakistan
Agence France-Presse . Lahore | Updated at 12:15am on February 14, 2021
Fast bowler Dwaine Pretorius recorded the best figures for South Africa in the shortest format to help his team beat Pakistan by six wickets in...
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Pakistan’s ‘Charlie Chaplin’ bringing laughs to frontier city
Agence France-Presse. Peshawar | Updated at 04:40pm on February 12, 2021
Wearing a bowler hat and familiar toothbrush moustache, Pakistan’s Usman Khan darts through traffic swinging a cane, teasing motorists and shopkeepers for laughs and a...
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Islamabad keen to boost ties with Dhaka
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 04:11pm on February 12, 2021
Pakistan high commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Ahmed Siddiqui has said his country wanted to boost ties with Bangladesh by exploring untapped potential and reviving all...