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Two prominent television journalists in Bangladesh were brutally stabbed to death on Saturday at their home in the capital Dhaka, police said. The motive...

Former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri advised government to avoid isolating Pakistan internationally on the pretext of maintaining good relations with the US. He...

Thousands of police patrolled the empty streets of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, on Sunday during a one-day strike called by the opposition over splitting...

Commenting on Bangladesh’s surprising objection to Pakistan’s preferential trade agreement with the EU, sources in the WTO have revealed that Dhaka had decided to...

Lyari is going to turn into Dhaka since we are being treated like the Mukti Bahini of the 1971 Bangladesh, said People’s Amn Committee...

The foreign minister of Bangladesh has accused The Economist of running a smear campaign against the country after the magazine said India had funded...

A high level 30 member Pakistani trade delegation has departed for Dhaka on a five day visit to explore investment opportunities amongst SAARC member...

DHAKA - Pakistan's cricket team enjoyed massive crowd support at the Sher-e- Bangla National Stadium Mirpur, Dhaka, as it convincingly beat West Indies by 10 wickets in first quarter final of the 2011 World Cup. The 25,000-capacity stadium was fully charged and supported only one team and it turned out to be a 'home game' for Pakistan. Afridi's men face a different prospect as they head for the semi-final in Mohali, India, but for the moment they were thankful to the fans.
"We

LAHORE - The 15-player Pakistan squad has left for Bangladesh to take part in 10th ICC World Cup, which starts on February 19. Pakistan flew out to Dhaka early Friday to play warm-up matches against England and Bangladesh. Pakistan have been placed in Group A with Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.
Group B includes India, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, West Indies, Netherlands and Ireland. Pakistan open their campaign against Kenya at the Sri

DHAKA - Visiting Indian tennis star Sania Mirza had a practice session at the Ramna Tennis Complex on Wednesday. She reached Dhaka on Tuesday with her husband Shoaib Malik, the Pakistani cricket star playing for Dhaka Mohammedan.
Earlier, the Hyderabad star asked permission for practice from the authorities. The general secretary of Bangladesh Tennis Federation welcomed her at the complex.
She came to the court at 3:30pm and practiced for quite a while. Malik was also

LAHORE - Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif held the army generals responsible for the fall of Dhaka, lamenting that no general was prosecuted, nor was anyone put to accountability.
"We did not learn any lesson from making of Bangladesh, as Justice Hamudur Rehman Commission held the generals responsible for the fall of Dhaka," he said, pointed out that about 33 years were wasted in martial law time period. It was martial law that led to the