Press Council of India, the government recognized autonomous media watchdog faces an existential crisis as the 15th council still devoid of a functioning head. Moreover, the press council is yet to appoint 13 members from the media fraternity. The regular three-year term along with six months extension of immediate past PCI chairperson Justice Ranjana Prakash…
Bangladesh: Scribes attacked by extortionists, PEC demands probe Geneva (Switzerland): At least 12 Bangladeshi journalists were injured in an attack by extortionists and terrorists in Narsingdi locality of the south Asian nation on 26 January 2026 as the media professionals were returning to Dhaka by bus after attending a leisurely program of Crime Reporters Association…
Nepal prepares for the national election, which was necessitated following the collapse of KP Sharma Oli’s government in the height of Gen-Z rebellion (youth uprising) in September 2025, which is scheduled for 5 March. The Himalayan nation conducted the last general election in 2022 (and next polls were originally due in 2027), but due to…
For millions of fans and followers of Zubeen Garg, who faced an unexplained death in Singapore on 19 September last year, unpleasant news broke out from the island nation, as its police department made it clear that the iconic Assamese singer died in an intoxicated status while swimming in sea water without wearing a mandatory…
Amid existential crisis in the Guwahati-based Assam Tribune group of newspapers, which worsened after the Covid-19 pandemic, a popular Assamese weekly newspaper lost its publication in the later part of 2025. Asom Bani, once a mainstream weekly for Assamese readers for decades, stopped hitting the stand since September last year, as the management lost interest…
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…
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…
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…
The trouble-torn military-ruled Myanmar (earlier known as Burma and Brahmadesh) has gone for its general election amid a civil war like situation across the southeast Asian nation. The first phase of polling on December 28 2025 is supposed to cover 102 of 330 townships (loosely termed for constituencies), even though many localities will evade the…
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…
