Nava J. Thakuria

Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority nation of over 170 million people, goes for a general election on 12 February 2026 to elect its 13th Jatiya Sansad in Dhaka. According to the Bangladesh Election Commission, 12,77,11,895 electorates are altogether eligible to vote, of…

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 the 75th Maha Ramayana Harinama Ram chanting festival in the Rakhine/Arakan province in the…

Geneva (Switzerland): At least 12 Bangladeshi journalists were injured in an attack by extortionists and terrorists in the Narsingdi locality of the South Asian nation on 26 January 2026, as the media professionals were returning to Dhaka by bus after…

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…

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…

Amid an existential crisis in northeast India’s well-known media house, the Assam Tribune group of newspapers, which worsened after the Covid-19 pandemic, a popular Assamese weekly newspaper lost its publication in the latter part of 2025. Asom Bani, once a…

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…

Geneva (Switzerland):  Engulfed with political unrest while heading for its national election on 12 February 2026, Bangladesh recorded the murder of journalist Rana Pratap Bairagi, who incidentally becomes the first journo-victim across the world this year. The global media safety…

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 military-ruled Myanmar (earlier known as Burma and Brahmadesh) staged the first phase of the general election on 28 December 2025 amid a civil war-like situation across the Southeast Asian nation with visibly low voter turnout. It covered 102 out…