Internet users surge faster than mobile subscribers
DHAKA – Bangladesh added internet users at a much faster pace than new mobile subscribers during the first half of 2026, highlighting rising digital adoption as the government seeks to raise the information and communication technology (ICT) sector’s contribution to the economy to 10 percent within the next five years.
Abdullah stands tall as Pakistan close in on first-inning lead in Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN – Pakistan’s resilient opener Abdullah Shafique produced a magnificent unbeaten century to keep his side firmly in contention despite a dramatic middle-order collapse, steering the visitors to within touching distance of West Indies’ first-innings total on the third day of the second Test at Queen’s Park.
PML-N set to form govt in AJK after winning simple majority
Atta Tarar urges PPP to graciously accept defeat Info minister rejects rigging claims, asks PPP leaders to show irrefutable evidence Sanaullah says PML-N won 23 of 45 seats Elections conducted in free, fair manner.
Bilwal says countdown has begun for PML-N led federal govt
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday alleged the recent Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections were rigged and warned that the federal government’s countdown has begun after his party lost ground in the polls.
Trump says current talks are Tehran’s last chance to sign deal before decapitation
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN – US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the current talks with Iran are its “last chance to sign a good document.
Sajid claims four as Pakistan bowl out West Indies for 344 in second Test
PORT OF SPAIN – Off-spinner Sajid Khan produced another impressive spell to help Pakistan bowl out West Indies for 344 in the first innings on the second day of the second Test at Queen’s Park Oval on Monday, despite a determined half-century from home captain Roston Chase.
15 martyred in suicide attack on Swat police station
Swat – At least 15 people, including six police personnel, were martyred and dozens of others injured in a suicide bombing outside Kabal Police Station in Swat on Sunday, in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in recent months.
Deadly bomb explosion at Moscow restaurant was ‘terrorist attack,’ says mayor
MOSCOW – Moscow’s mayor says a bomb blast that killed at least two people and injured 21 others at a restaurant was a “terrorist attack.
Top Mexican university uses AI to prevent exam cheating
MEXICAN CITY – Daniel Fernando García Velázquez took the admissions exam for Mexico’s most famous university four times before finally getting the result that should have guaranteed him admission.
West Indies stay in control despite Pakistan’s fightback in second Test
TRINIDAD – West Indies maintained control on the opening day of the second and final Test against Pakistan de-spite a spirited bowling response from the visitors, reaching 165-4 at tea at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on Sunday.
