Pakistan will take part in the World Twenty20 after receiving security assurances from the Indian government.

Doctors in Chittagong city called off their work stoppage yesterday after Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin assured them of “clearing up misunderstandings between physicians and patients”.

Classes resumed at all the 37 public universities yesterday after seven days of work abstention by the teachers over “pay disparity” in the new pay scale. The strike was postponed upon assurance from the prime minister.