India-Pakistan tension deepens
Shawdesh Desk: Tension between India and Pakistan deepened as India on Thursday hit back at nuclear rival Pakistan’s downgrading of diplomatic ties over its clampdown on Kashmir, saying its decision ReadMore
India wants more time for Ganges Barrage study
Shawdesh Desk: India on Thursday pressed for unspecified time for conducting an elaborate study on maximising benefit from the construction of Ganges Barrage in Bangladesh. At a meeting of the ReadMore
Nature, gridlocks disrupt Eid journeys
Shawdesh Desk: Serious disruptions in ferry services and long-route bus movements following the inclement weather, huge rush of cattle-laden vehicles and traffic gridlocks haunted travellers all day long on Thursday ReadMore
Dengue spreads all over
Shawdesh desk: People with dengue virus leaving the capital for home to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha may infect innumerable people with the virus around the country. On Thursday, one person died of ReadMore
Maryam Nawaz arrested amid crackdown
Shawdesh Desk: Pakistani anti-corruption officials arrested opposition leader and daughter of former Pakistani prime minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif Thursday, one of the most high-profile arrests in a crackdown on alleged ReadMore
Muslim pilgrims descend on Makkah for Hajj
Shawdesh Desk: Hundreds of thousands of white-clad pilgrims, many gripping umbrellas to ward off Saudi Arabia’s blistering summer sun, descended on Mecca this week ahead of the annual Hajj. Saudi ReadMore
UN flags need to cut meat to curb land use impact on global warming
Shawdesh Desk: Global meat consumption must fall to curb global warming, reduce growing strains on land and water and improve food security, health and biodiversity, a United Nations report on ReadMore
Feeling unsuited to Nantucket Island
AT THE beginning of this summer, I finished Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. I was supposed to read this American classic in 1978, for my early 19th-century American literature course. I was ReadMore
