Bangkok: A gunman attacked a childcare centre in northeastern Thailand, killing at least 34 people, including 22 children, in one of the deadliest mass killings in the country’s history, authorities said. The incident took place in Nong Bua Lamphu province, where a former police officer forced his way into the daycare facility and opened fire…
Minority Safety Back in Focus; Possible Impact on India–Bangladesh Relations Dhaka: The discovery of a 28-year-old tea garden worker found dead in Bangladesh’s Moulvibazar district ahead of national elections has once again raised serious concerns about the safety of minority communities in the country. The Incident — What Happened? Police said the bloodied body was…
Dhaka: Bangladesh is holding a landmark parliamentary election today — the first since the 2024 student-led uprising that toppled long-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina — with more than 127 million citizens eligible to vote under heavy security nationwide. The vote is widely seen as a critical test of whether the country can restore democratic norms…
Washington: Newly released records from the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) have placed prominent UAE diplomat and human-rights advocate Hind Al-Owais under international scrutiny after her name appeared in hundreds of email exchanges with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Massive Document Release The emails surfaced as part of a large batch of documents—often referred to as…
Dhaka/Mymensingh: A 62-year-old Hindu rice trader was brutally killed by unidentified attackers in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district, in an incident that has heightened concerns about law and order and minority safety in the country. Trader Murdered Inside Shop The victim, Susen Chandra Sarkar, owned “Bhai Bhai Enterprise” and lived in Southkanda village. Police said the attackers…
BAKU : A controversy has emerged regarding Pakistan’s arms shipments to Azerbaijan, with reports suggesting that some of the weapons and ammunition supplied are aged, low-quality, and underperforming on the battlefield. Analysts say the issue has caused confusion among troops and raised questions about the reliability of Pakistan’s defence exports. Background of the Deal Azerbaijan,…
Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has secured a historic landslide victory in the country’s general election, dramatically strengthening her mandate and signaling a tougher geopolitical posture in Asia — particularly toward China. Her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won 316 of the 465 seats in the lower house, and together with its coalition partner…
Dhaka: A fresh rift has emerged among Islamist groups in Bangladesh just days before the country’s parliamentary elections, after Hefazat-e-Islam announced strong opposition to the Jamaat-e-Islami party. Hefazat-e-Islam chief Allama Shah Muhibbullah Babunagari declared that voting for Jamaat is “haram” (religiously forbidden) for Muslims and described the political contest as a form of “jihad” against…
Lieutenant Colonel Imran Dayal of the Pakistan Army was killed in a shooting carried out by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to reports. Security sources and media accounts suggest that Dayal was allegedly a key mastermind linked to the terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Local media reported that the attack…
Zintan, Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi — the influential son of former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi — has been killed at the age of 53 after a confrontation with unidentified armed attackers, according to officials and his political circle. Libyan authorities confirmed that the attack took place in the western city of Zintan, where he had…
