Asia

It may be amazing, but true that the largest democracy on Earth continues waiting for a fully functioning government-sponsored media watchdog for more than a year now. Press Council of India (PCI), a quasi-judicial body, which was initiated to safeguard…

Addressing the Human Rights Day celebration, organised by the National Human Rights Commission, in New Delhi on Wednesday, the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu said that Human Rights Day is an occasion to remind us that the universal human…

In the heart of Pakistan’s societal crisis lies an education system running on fumes. It is a system profoundly misaligned with our cultural values, utterly unfit for the challenges of the 21st century, and obsessively modelled on the industrial paradigms…

In New Delhi, President Vladimir Putin, alongside Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today, Margarita Simonyan, took part in the launch ceremony of the RT India TV channel. The TV channel will operate from a new studio complex in New Delhi, marking a…

By Rita Bhowmick (Dhaka Bureau): Many Birangonas (female war heroes/victims) who were subjected to brutal torture by the Pakistani occupying forces and their collaborators (Razakars) during the Great Liberation War could not return to their families. Due to negative societal…

The word Rohingya refugee is about to settle in a dictionary now. Only woes continue for Rohingya refugees and make the atmosphere hostile, dump, nasty, and self-contained interest of some neighboring countries. Above one million Rohingya refugees are now becoming…

South Asia, a region that once illuminated the world with its philosophy of balance, humility, and coexistence, today stands clouded by hostility and suspicion. The birthplace of some of humanity’s deepest moral and spiritual teachings has become a battleground of…

Geneva, 7 December 2025: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, urges the military regime of Myanmar to release all media professionals before the proposed multi-phase elections starting on 28 December. The forum also insisted on…

By G M Forhadul Mozumder (Dhaka Bureau) The issue of age limits and retirement in politics is extremely important. In many countries around the world, there are age requirements for taking on political responsibility. This not only maintains the quality…

by George Banez The five-course lunch typical of Chinese restaurant fare in Manila foreshadowed the meals I scraped by the next ten days. My sister treated me to a send-off lunch before dropping me off at the airport that day. I…