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How East Pakistanis had to fight to celebrate Bengali New Year’s Day Pahela Boishak
Priyam Paul/ The Daily Star Dhaka, April 23 – Although the Bengali calendar has been in use for centuries, the tradition of celebrating Pahela Baishakh as a public festival is a relatively modern development. The vibrant festivities at Ramna Batamul—first organised by Chhayanaut in 1967...
Bangladesh condemns Kashmir terrorist attack
Srinagar ,April 23 (Reuters)- Twenty six people were killed and 17 were injured on Wednesday. Suspected militants opened fire at tourists in India’s Jammu and Kashmir territory, police said on Wednesday, the worst such attack in the country in nearly two decades. Sever leaders and...
Pakistan sits on minerals worth trillions of dollars
Given the US and Chinese hunger for minerals, Pakistan could secure massive FDI, end poverty and become a major force in geopolitics. But it has to put its political and economic house in order first.
Trump salivates over prospect of mining minerals in Pakistan
Pakistan is said to have minerals valued at US$ 8 trillion
Nationwide protests in Pakistan against corporate farming and new canals
By Amjad Mahmood/Dawn Lahore, April 14 – Nationwide protests were held against corporate farming, construction of six canals, lack of wheat support price, and privatisation of Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation on Sunday. The protests were organised by the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRC)...
Donkey meat exports to China from Gwadar port in Balochistan
Islamabad, April 14 (Business Recorder) -Federal Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain has announced that Pakistan’s exports will increase through the commercial export of donkey meat to China from Gwadar farms. The minister met with a high-level Chinese delegation led by Zaho Fei, Vice President of China’s...
Tahawwur Rana may spill beans on Ishrat Jahan-led plot to kill Narendra Modi in 2004
New Delhi April 14 (IANS) – The ongoing questioning of Tahawwur Rana, a key conspirator of 26/11, is likely to go beyond the 2008 attack and extend to other Lashkar-e-Taiba terror plots, including the 2004 foiled suicide attack on Narendra Modi, the then chief minister...
WHO reports increase in polio cases in Pakistan and Afghanistan
12-fold increase in Pakistan and 12 fold increase in Afghanistan
The sanitised memorial at Jallianwala Bagh sparks debate over authenticity
April 13, 2025 marks the 106th anniversary of the massacre that killed nearly 1,500 people as per estimates
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