Updated: Feb 13th, 2026 A 28-year-old Hindu man was found dead with visible injury marks on his body in Bangladesh’s Moulvibazar district, just a day before the crucial general elections, raising fresh anxieties among minority communities over possible election-linked violence amid an already tense political atmosphere, according to local media reports. Police confirmed that the...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its alliance have claimed a decisive victory in the 13th parliamentary elections, local media reported on Friday, citing unofficial results. The announced results showed that the BNP-led alliance has won 210 seats, setting the stage for the formation of a new government led by BNP. Citing party sources, Bangladeshi...
Updated: Feb 13th, 2026 US President Donald Trump announced what he called “the single largest deregulatory action in American history,” formally terminating the Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency’s endangerment finding that underpinned federal greenhouse gas regulations. “Under the process just completed by the EPA, we are officially terminating the so-called endangerment finding,” Trump said, describing it...
Updated: Feb 12th, 2026 Voting for Bangladesh’s 13th parliamentary elections took place on Thursday amid political tension and incidents of violence in parts of the country, as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) pledged to strengthen ties with neighbouring nations if voted to power. BNP spokesperson Mahdi Amin said the party aims to maintain strong and...
Updated: Feb 12th, 2026 Russia has placed strict restrictions on four of the world’s biggest social media platforms, Facebook,Whatsapp,Youtube, and Instagram, according to reports. The government says the decision was taken to control the spread of false information, protect national security, and reduce foreign influence on Russian citizens. The action mainly began after rising tensions...
Updated: Feb 12th, 2026 Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, received racist and critical comments on social media after posting a congratulatory message following the Super Bowl win. On Monday, Nadella wrote on X: “Congrats to our hometown Super Bowl champs. So thrilled for our city and the 12s!” Soon after, several users questioned his reference...
Updated: Feb 12th, 2026 Three members of British Airways’ cabin crew were hospitalised in Los Angeles after unknowingly eating cannabis-infused gummies reportedly handed to them by a passenger. The incident occurred after a flight from Heathrow landed in LA last week. According to reports, the crew consumed the sweets while travelling on a bus to...
Updated: Feb 11th, 2026 An 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a school in Thailand’s Hat Yai district on Wednesday afternoon, injuring at least two people and taking a female staff member hostage, Thai Enquirer reported. The shooting reportedly took place around 4.45 pm (local time) at Prathan Khiriwat School in the Patong subdistrict. While initial...
Updated: Feb 11th, 2026 (image: wikipedia) An immigration court has blocked the deportation of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University who was detained by US immigration officials near her home in Massachusetts, according to court documents filed by her lawyers on Monday. As per reports, Öztürk’s attorneys said the immigration court ruled...
Updated: Feb 11th, 2026 Representative image Nine people were killed in a mass shooting allegedly by a person, possibly a woman, who committed suicide in a mining town in British Columbia, according to officials. The area’s federal police Chief Superintendent Ken Floyd said on Tuesday night (local time) that seven people were found dead in...