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Myanmar continues business-ties with neighbours including India

The global community may denounce the ongoing three-phase elections in Myanmar (also known as Burma or Brahmadesh) as a probable way to transform the southeast Asian country into a multi-party democracy, but the military rulers continue enhancing business ties with its neighbours including India. The poverty-stricken country is now working with different nations to increase…

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Journalist killed in Bangladesh, PEC demands thorough probe

Guwahati: Bangladesh, engulfed with political unrest while heading for its national election on 12 February 2026, recorded the murder of journalist Rana Pratap Bairagi, who incidentally becomes the first journalist victim across the world this year. The Geneva-based global media safety and rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) strongly condemned the shooting down of Bairagi…

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Goodbye 2025, a deadlier year for scribes

Guwahati: As the year 2025 bids farewell, it emerged as a deadlier year for journalists since the beginning of the century, after 2024. At least 165 media professionals were killed in 31 countries, where 2024 witnessed 179 journo-casualties around the world, said the Geneva-based global media safety and rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), adding…

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Bangladesh in relentless turmoil

As Bangladesh slowly returns to normalcy after many days of violence, arson attacks and national chaos following the demise of a young radical leader Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, the south Asian nation prepares for the general elections scheduled for 12 February 2026 with no possibility of participation by ousted premier Sheikh Hasina’s party Awami League…

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Purvottar Seemanta Chetana Mancha launches its monthly journal Frontier Insights

Guwahati: Seemanta Chetana Mancha Purvottar, a registered socio-cultural and non-political organization, formed on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami on 13 April 2008 in Assam, officially launched its much awaited monthly journal titled Frontier Insights along with its e-newsletter on 10 December 2025 at NEDFi house auditorium in the city. A book on Assamese covering…

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When a neighbour goes to debatable polls

Trouble-torn Myanmar (also known as Burma or Brahmadesh), adjacent to northeast India, is going for the next general elections on 28 December, even though the multi-phase polls will prevent several important political parties including Aung San Suu Kyi-led National League for Democracy (NLD, which won the last general elections held in November 2020) from participating…

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