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Even all political parties, not to speak of the millions of fans and well-wishers of Assam’s revered cultural icon Zubeen Garg, continue to preach against sparing the maverick singer’s name in politics. His mysterious death last year in a foreign…

By Burhanuddin (Dhaka Bureau) After a decade and a half of street struggles, legal battles, and a history of sacrifice, a massive brigade of former Student Dal (Chhatra Dal) leaders has secured their place in the country’s legislature. In the…

Heartbreaking news surfaced from Dhaka as the warm city lost one of its active residents with the demise of journalist, author, and progressive Bangladeshi national Saleem Samad. The gentleman with enough issues to talk to anyone, anywhere and anytime passed…

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh’s ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has decided to enforce a ‘one family, one candidate’ policy in the allocation of women’s reserved seats in the country’s 13th parliament, a move party leaders say is aimed…

In just two weeks, Médecins Sans Frontières reported that 167 people were treated for severe injuries caused by drone attacks in civilian areas of Sudan. Penetrating chest wounds, fractured skulls, amputations of children. What the medical report describes in clinical…

China has not waited for robotaxis to massively displace drivers before asking what to do with them. The expansion of autonomous driving in cities such as Wuhan, Shenzhen, or Beijing is not presented as an isolated experiment, but as an…

Maluso, Basilan, Philippines — February 21, 2026. The Claret Samal Foundation Inc. (CSFI), in partnership with the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation (YBH), proudly and happily announces the opening of the Sama-Bajau Weaving and Cultural Center in Sitio Teheman, Maluso, Basilan…

At the most recent African Union summit held in Addis Ababa, Ghana secured the inclusion on the agenda of an initiative calling on the United Nations General Assembly to formally recognize the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the racialized enslavement of…

On February 16, 2026, a criminal complaint was filed before the 8th Guarantee Court of Santiago against Rom Kovtun, an Israeli-Ukrainian citizen, for his alleged participation in crimes committed during the 2024 military offensive in Gaza. The legal action, brought…

Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania did not accept the “Most Valuable Film” award given to her film, “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” as a gesture of protest and condemnation of the presence of Noam Tibon, a retired Israeli major general…