Bursa Malaysia on Jan 11. With the appointment.... Inderjit Singh Sohan Singh has ceased his acting

Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad won the toss and elected to bat in the third and final match of the Twenty20 series against Pakistan in Dhaka on Monday. Pakistan, who reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup earlier this month, lead the series 2-0 after cruising to victory by four wickets and eight wickets respectively. The Green Shirts brought in Sarfaraz Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usman Qadir and Shahnawaz Dahani in four changes from Saturday's second match. Fakhar Zaman, Shoaib Malik, Sh

DHAKA: Bangladesh will rest batsman Mushfiqur Rahim for the three-match Twenty20 international series against Pakistan starting in Dhaka on Friday. Mushfiqur was under fire for his below-par performance in the recent Twenty20 World Cup, having scored just one half-century in eight matches. Bangladesh had a dismal tournament, where they lost to Scotland in the qualifiers and failed to win a single game in the Super-12 phase. They were forced to make at least six changes to the squad for the upcom

ISLAMABAD: The tally of deaths from dengue rose to five in the capital as one more patient died of the disease on Thursday. District Health Officer( DHO) Dr Zaeem Zia said the deceased was a resident of Itefaq Colony, Tarnol, and admitted to Benazir Bhutto Hospital( BBH) Rawalpindi. During the last 24 hours, 96 dengue cases emerged in the capital, Dr Zia said, adding 59 of the cases were reported from the rural and 37 from the urban areas.He said 39 patients were admitted to the Holy Family Hosp

ISLAMABAD: Citizens of the capital may see their dreams of having a decent public transport come true after the Capital Development Authority( CDA) decided to launch a bus service in the city within five months. The Development Working Party( DWP) of the civic body, which met on Tuesday with CDA Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed in the chair, approved PC-Is of eight projects, including Islamabad Bus Service.“ The bus service having a project cost of Rs873 million has been approved.... It also gave a go-a

The CDA had recently called bids from government-run construction firms, to which the FWO and National Logistics Cell( NLC) responded. According to sources, the NLC quoted a bid of Rs11. 7bn while the FWO submitted a bid of Rs10. 9bn.... Therefore, as per the rate, the FWO submitted the lowest bid. According to CDA sources, the civic body had opened bids on June 10.... It is also an important link between Punjab, Azad Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as it connected with G.T. Road at Rawat. Besi

MELAKA: Dozens of devotees observed Thaipusam at a century-old hilltop temple dedicated to Lord Murugan in Simpang Bekok, about 50km from here. The 49-year-old keeper of Sri Valli Thevasena Sri Subramaniar Temple, N. Nageswara Rao said some 150 devotees decided to fulfil their vow at the temple that is situated deep inside an oil-palm estate in Pondok Batang, Simpang Bekok in Jasin, here." The temple sits close to the borders of Johor, Negri Sembilan and Melaka." We had devotees from all three s

Police in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have blocked certain roads with containers while the metro bus service has been suspended in the latter as authorities gear up for the long march by the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan( TLP) on Friday.... Alternatively, traffic going from Islamabad to Murree Road, Rawalpindi, is diverted to Islamabad Highway.... " Diversion has been placed for both sides of traffic from Express Chowk to D-Chowk at Jinnah Avenue....

Students queue up to get tested for Covid-19 at Islamabad Model School for Girls, G-10/ 1, on Monday.... Moreover, contacts of the positive cases were being traced. The students and staff infected with the virus were advised to isolate themselves in their houses for two weeks. Meanwhile, 412 people tested positive for coronavirus on Monday compared to 366 the previous day.... The two colleges that were sealed after students and employees were found infected with Covid-19....

" Diversion has been placed for both sides of traffic at Murree Road, Faizul Islam stop, from and to Faizabad.... Alternatively, traffic going from Islamabad to Murree Road, Rawalpindi, is diverted to Islamabad Highway.... " Diversion has been placed for both sides of traffic from Express Chowk to D-Chowk at Jinnah Avenue....