OUDENAARDE (Belgium): Mathieu van der Poel rode through the Belgian rain and into history on Sunday as he joined the elite group who have won the Tour of Flanders three times. The 29-year-old Dutch rider finished just over a minute ahead of the chasing pack as he became the sixth rider in the 111-year history of the race to claim …

CHITTAGONG: Sri Lanka made a record 531 runs in their first innings of the second Test against Bangladesh on Sunday but Kamindu Mendis narrowly missed scoring a third century in consecutive Test innings. Sri Lanka’s total on the second day in Chittagong was the highest scored in Tests without any batsman reaching a century — improving on India’s 524-9 against …

MANCHESTER: Arsenal nullified reigning champions Manchester City’s attack in a 0-0 draw at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, allowing Liverpool to take top spot on a pivotal day in the Premier League’s three-way title race. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal, in the hunt for their first league title in 20 years, are second in the table on 65 points with nine games …

Early indicators suggest that the scale of charity and philanthropic donations may have decreased in 2024 compared to last year. However, a clearer picture will likely emerge shortly after Ramadan when accounts are consolidated. For organisations reporting an increase in collections, the spike would likely have been even greater had the overall trend been more robust. Leading philanthropic organisations like …

ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shehryar Khan Afridi on Sunday proposed formation of a trilateral parliamentary committee to help counter-terrorism efforts in China, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mr Afridi visited the Chinese embassy’s deputy chief of mission (DCM) Shi Yuanqiang and conveyed his commiserations over the loss of precious lives in the recent terrorist attack on Chinese engineers. Besides, …

ISLAMABAD: The first batch of 30 of the total 150 electric buses to be operated in Islamabad is set to be dispatched from China which will arrive in Karachi after three weeks. Sources said after customs clearance, the buses will reach in the capital in May. A source in China said the buses had been loaded into a vessel which …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan conceded defeat on Sunday in the country’s local elections, saying the vote was a “turning point” for his party after two decades in power. Partial results from across the nation of 85 million people showed major advances for the Republican People’s Party (CHP) at the expense of Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP). Istanbul’s mayor, …

KARACHI: The PTI on Sunday announced boycotting Senate elections in Sindh, scheduled for April 2, alleging that pre-poll rigging could lead to the unopposed victory of all 12 candidates from the province, where the PPP enjoys majority. The PTI’s Sindh chapter said the decision to boycott polls was made with consensus among the party leadership, which believes that after the Feb 8 …

LAHORE: A Bengal tigress which was being transported from Lahore to Multan by an animal dealer after buying it from a breeding farm in Lahore ran away into the fields from its cage near Multan in the wee hours of Sunday. The animal trader was identified as Muhammad Adnan. Punjab Wildlife Department Multan Deputy Director Sheikh Zahid told Dawn the tigress was …

ISLAMABAD: During the first quarter of 2024, Pakistan witnessed 432 violence-linked fatalities and 370 injuries among civilians, security personnel, and outlaws, resulting from as many as 245 incidents of terror att­acks and counter-terror operations. This includes 281 fatalities among civilians and security forces personnel. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan provinces, both bordering Afghanistan, accounted for over 92 per cent of …