BUDAPEST: Striker Patrik Schick scored his fourth goal of the tournament as the Czech Republic stunned 10-man Netherlands with a deserved 2-0 victory in their Euro 2020 last-16 clash in front of 56,000 fans at the Puskas Arena on Sunday. The Czechs created the better chances against their more fancied opponents in the frenzied atmosphere and booked a quarter-final meeting …

KARACHI: Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq expects his charges to put up a good show during their upcoming white-ball series against England, while saying the players have gelled because of staying in bio-secure bubbles due to the coronavirus pandemic. “This [lockdown] does help in bringing together everyone close and we’ve had fair share of bubbles since last year when we visited …

ISLAMABAD: The government has called a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday (today) to consider allowing an intervention price of about Rs5,000 per 40kg for cotton, which has arguably been necessitated by a sharp decline in production, besides clearing a dozen supplementary grants so close to the passage of federal budget by parliament. To be presided over …

YOUNG Musaf Hanif, a software developer working with a start-up that provides ecommerce solutions and digital consultancy in Karachi, is very busy these days. Following the last month’s announcement that ecommerce giant Amazon has added Pakistan to its sellers’ list, several people have been approaching him and his firm with a similar question i.e. how fast they could launch a business …

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is seeking $300 million from the International Development Associa­tion (IDA) of the World Bank Group to help improve access to and quality of basic services in vulnerable communities in the districts recently merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Following the merger, residents of the merged areas have expressed increased expectations for improved service delivery, particularly in the areas …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said that the Roshan Digital Account had achieved another milestone as the inflows of deposits had crossed $1.5 billion mark on Friday, with investment in Naya Pakistan certificates surpassing $1bn. On his Twitter account, the prime minister posted an index of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) showing cumulative inflows of deposits in …

Fast & Furious 9 broke pandemic-era box office record as it earned $70 million on weekend. Vin Diesel and John Cena starrer new film  has earned the biggest US cinema opening of the pandemic. The movie, which also opened in the UK this week, took an estimated $70 million at the North American box office this weekend. The newly released …

With a top Hollywood star, a dark “Terminator”-esque sci-fi premise and a reported $200 million price tag, The Tomorrow War would ordinarily be shaping up as one of the summer’s biggest and smartest blockbusters. But the Chris Pratt-led movie won’t be troubling box offices at all, having been sold to Amazon for a whopping fee back in January, when movie …

Rapping sensation Cardi B and husband Offset’s family of three will soon be expanding! The rapper showed off her baby bump at the 2021 BET Awards on Sunday, confirming that she and her husband are expecting their second child. Following the big reveal of her bump at the star-studded night, the rap queen turned to Instagram and posted photos from …

Pop icon Demi Lovato is sharing how her family has been making progress after she came out as non-binary to them last year. In an appearance made on YouTube Pride 2021, the 28-year-old Skyscraper hit maker said that they had come out to people close to them last year but made their identity public only this year. “I actually had come out to …