CHITTAGONG: Debutant opening batsman Tanzid Hasan rode his luck Friday to hit an unbeaten 67 and guide Bangladesh to an eight-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the first T20 International in Chittagong. The hosts raced to 126-2 in under 16 overs after bowling out Zimbabwe for 124, with Towhid Hridoy finishing unbeaten on 33. Tanzid smashed eight fours and two sixes in his 47-ball maiden T20I, lofting Luke Jongwe over mid-off for a boundary to complete the match. “Everyone played well today… but we can still learn from this game and come back well in the next match,” said Bangladesh captain…
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BRIDGETOWN: Shamar Joseph, who made a stunning start to his Test career against Australia earlier this year, was named on Friday in the West Indies 15-man squad for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup which takes place in the Caribbean and United States. Pace bowler Joseph, a former security guard, has yet to play a T20 International but burst on to the scene in sensational fashion when he removed Steve Smith with his first ball in Test cricket in January. He went on to take 13 wickets in two Tests against the Australians including a remarkable 7-68 to bowl West Indies…
KARACHI: Pakistan will visit South Africa for a two Tests, three One-day Internationals and as many T20Is in December-January, the countries’ cricket boards confirmed on Friday. Durban, Centurion, and Johannesburg will host the T20Is from December 10-14 while the ODIs will be played from December 17-22 in Paarl, Cape Town, and Johannesburg. The two Test matches, part of the ongoing cycle of the ICC World Test Championship cycle, will be held at Centurion (December 26-30) and Cape Town (January 3-7). Pakistan’s tour to South Africa is part of the Future Tours Programme 2023-2027. Dawn understands the discussions between the Pakistan…
ISLAMABAD: In a major tax scandal, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has uncovered sales tax frauds amounting to Rs756 billion, while Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the attorney general of Pakistan (AGP) to assist the tax authorities in recouping the maximum possible revenue from the culprits. Officials from the FBR have contacted PM Shehbaz regarding the identified tax frauds and the measures taken against the offenders, a high-ranking official source told Dawn on Friday. The premier was briefed on the revenue measures to achieve the revenue target. In the wake of the detection, FBR has lodged over 100…
PARIS: The United Nations food agency’s world price index rose for a second consecutive month in April as higher meat prices and small increases in vegetable oils and cereals outweighed declines in sugar and dairy products. The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 119.1 points in April, up from a revised 118.8 points for March, the agency said on Friday. The FAO’s April reading was nonetheless 7.4pc below the level a year earlier. The indicator hit a three-year low in February as food prices continued to move back from a…
ISLAMABAD: Based on the Rs392 billion investment plan it approved a few days back, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) is now working on increasing the base electricity tariff for K-Electric by up to Rs3.84 per unit, indexed with exchange rate and inflation, for the next seven years (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2030). In an announcement on Friday, the regulator asked all stakeholders in KE’s business, including affected parties and the general public, to give their views and comments within seven days on the tariff petition involving an increase of 3.8357 per unit in the total base…
ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), recorded a year-on-year increase of 24.37 per cent in the week ending on May 2. It is the lowest SPI reading in 97 weeks since June 16, 2022 (27.82pc year-on-year). However, it witnessed a 1pc decline week-on-week due to easing essential food items and petrol prices, according to data released on Friday by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The real impact of the fall in petrol prices on commodities will be visible in the next review. The deceleration is due to three factors: the high base last year, no increase…
LAHORE: Punjab Industries Minister Shafay Hussain says Pakistan has trade cooperation with South Korea, but there is a need to increase bilateral economic cooperation. “New foreign investment will improve the economy and increase employment opportunities in the country,” said Mr Shafay while speaking at a Korea-Pakistan Business Forum 2024 organised by the Korean Embassy in Pakistan. South Korean Ambassador Park Kajin and the business community of Pakistan and Korea attended the forum. The minister stressed the importance of improving the environment and suggested that Korea consider setting up an electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Punjab. The minister said investments in…
WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said Russian soldiers have been deployed to an airbase in Niger that also houses American troops, after the country’s military rulers decided to expel US forces. Niger’s junta, which seized power last July, said in March it was ending a military cooperation agreement with Washington that has agreed to withdraw its troops and sent a delegation to Niamey to work out an orderly departure. Prior to the 2023 coup, Niger was a linchpin of US strategy to combat militants in West Africa, housing a $100 million American drone base and roughly 1,000 US troops. The Russian…
TORONTO: Pro-Palestine protesters breached a fenced area and set up an encampment at the University of Toronto, in the early hours of Thursday. They vowed to stay there until the university divests from companies with military links to Israel and cuts ties with certain Israeli universities. The protesters moved in at around 4am and set up a few dozen tents on the lawn at the university’s King’s College Circle. They managed to navigate around the fencing that the university had erected to prevent an encampment. Meanwhile, police vehicles arrived at the scene but no clashes have been reported, as of…
