Even all political parties, not to speak of millions of fans and well-wishers of Assam’s revered cultural icon Zubeen Garg, continue preaching for sparing the maverick singer’s name in doing politics, his mysterious death last year in a foreign land may dominate the electoral politics in the forthcoming legislative polls. Indications surface that Assam assembly…
As Bangladesh has lately conducted a national election to get its government in Dhaka, the people of eastern India will only hope for a progressive nation with political stability and economic development. The Muslim majority nation of over 170 million people continues to become a headache for north-eastern states, precisely Assam, for several reasons ranging…
After meticulous preparations for a free & fair election, which turned into reality with a festive electoral exercise, Bangladesh went to polls on 12 February, where the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP, led by Tarique Rahman) established a landslide victory. One of the oldest political parties in the south Asian nation, the BNP won over 200…
Amid high security arrangements across the country, polling begins this morning at 7:30 am for the highly projected 13th Jatiya Sansad election in Bangladesh, where over 2000 candidates representing 50 political parties along with many independent contestants are in the fray. The Muslim majority nation has over 12.77 crore registered voters including 6.27 crore women…
Bangladesh, a Muslim majority nation of over 170 million people, goes for general election on 12 February 2026 to elect its 13th Jatiya Sansad in Dhaka. According to the Bangladesh Election Commission altogether 127,612,384 registered electorates (including 62,850,772 women and 1,230 transgender voters) are eligible for polling where over 4.5 million are newly registered young…
Guwahati: Amid all chaos, where the ethnic armed groups continue offensives against the ruling Myanmar military junta across the Buddhist majority country, the Sanatani Hindus celebrated 75th Maha Ramayana Harinama Ram chanting festival in Rakhine/Arakan province in western border of the southeast Asian nation. The four-day festival, held in Maungdaw locality with the participation of…
The conservation history of wildlife in Assam achieved another milestone last year with no-poaching of precious one-horned rhinoceros (also known as rhinoceros unicorns) in all forest reserves thanks to hard laws, efficient forest staff supported by Assam police and increased public awareness in the last few years. In fact, the State in eastern India, realized…
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…
