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…

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…