- Friday, February 28, 2025
INDIAN cricketers past and present from Virat Kohli to Sachin Tendulkar led tributes Friday (4) to Shane Warne after the Australian spin maestro died suddenly of a heart attack at 52. “Life is so fickle and unpredictable. I cannot process the passing of this great of our sport and also a person…
Recalled opener Imam-ul-Haq said his hundred against Australia was “special” as Pakistan finished the opening day of the first Test against Australia on a commanding 245-1 in Rawalpindi on Friday. The 26-year-old left-hander marked the first Test by Australia in Pakistan for 24 years with 132 not out, leaving the…
India’s star batsman Virat Kohli on Friday credited his level of fitness for achieving the landmark of 100 Tests in an age of relentless cricket that has included numerous Indian Premier League appearances. The 33-year-old Kohli made 45 and put on a key 90-run stand with Hanuma Vihari after India…
AUSTRALIAN cricketer Shane Warne, one of the finest spin bowlers of all time whose talent and personality transcended the sport, died aged 52 on Friday (4). Warne, who ended his spell-binding international career in 2007 with a remarkable 708 test wickets, died from a suspected heart attack in Koh Samui,…
INDIA’s cricketing hero Virat Kohli fell for 45 in his 100th Test as Sri Lankan bowlers rattled the hosts’ top-order in the opening match on Friday (4). India reached 199 for four at tea after new captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat at the start of…
Award-winning actors Konkona Sen Sharma and Manoj Bajpayee are set to headline filmmaker Abhishek Chaubey’s series Soup, set at Netflix. Known for helming Ray (2021) and Ankahi Kahaniyan (2021) and producing Raat Akeli Hai for Netflix, Chaubey is set to work on yet another exciting project for the streaming media giant. The dark-comedy crime series is produced by Macguffin Pictures.…
THE New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS bloc has put all new transactions in Russia on hold citing the “unfolding uncertainties and restrictions”, amidst the Ukraine crisis. The NDB’s move came a day after the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) put on hold all its projects in Russia and…
A POWERFUL suicide blast ripped through a crowded Shia mosque during a Friday congregation in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city, killing at least 56 people. A rescue official said the blast occurred at a Jamia mosque in Qissa Khwani bazaar area in Peshawar when the worshippers were offering prayers. No group…
SRI LANKA’S central bank hiked interest rates by one percentage point on Friday (4) and urged the government to increase taxes as the country skirts economic collapse. The troubled south Asian island nation is in the grip of a severe foreign exchange crisis that has led to acute shortages of…
A Bangladeshi sailor has been killed in an attack on his vessel in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Olvia, the state shipping company said Thursday (3). The Banglar Samriddhi, a bulk carrier, arrived in the country on February 22, a day before Russia invaded, and has since been unable…
