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AFPDhaka: Bangladesh has unveiled a new series of banknotes that no longer feature portraits, replacing the longstanding images of the country’s founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.…

APPPeshawar: As climate change tightens its grip on Pakistan, particularly in urban centers like Peshawar, environmentalists and forestry experts are sounding the alarm—and offering a solution rooted in the soil. Their message is simple…

News DeskNew Delhi: Google has kicked off direct online sales of its Pixel smartphones, watches, and earbuds in India through its official Google Store, signaling a major push into the country’s booming premium electronics market ahead…

Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: By all accounts, Pakistan remains a land of staggering contradictions. These three photos, taken barely days apart, tell a story that no donor report, government press release, or social media campaign can…

APPRawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) has intensified monitoring of the ongoing HSSC-I examinations to ensure transparency and fairness in the examination process.During a surprise…

AFP/APPOttawa: More than 17,000 people in Canada's western Manitoba province were being evacuated on Wednesday as the region experienced its worst start to a wildfire season in years."The Manitoba government has declared a…

AFP/APPWashington: Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday announced he was leaving his role in US government, intended to reduce federal spending, shortly after his first major break with President Donald Trump over his signature spending…

APPIslamabad: The Ministry of Housing & Works has issued a notification to abolish 709 long-vacant posts in its attached department, the Pakistan Public Works Department (Pak PWD).Following the Federal Cabinet’s decision on…

Ali Nawaz RahimooTharparkar: Tharparkar, located in Sindh province, spans over 22,000 square kilometers with a population of about 1.5 million people living across approximately 2,300 villages and urban settlements. The district is…

News DeskIslamabad: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Tuesday rejected the Child Marriage Restraint Bill, 2025, which seeks to fix the minimum marriage age at 18, declaring it un-Islamic, according to a statement from the CII…