Month: February 2026

 Skybags, the youth-focused luggage and backpack brand from VIP Industries Limited, has been named the Official Luggage Partner of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for the 2026 season, marking the brand’s first strategic foray into sports partnerships.

Unbeaten half-centuries from Tim Seifert and Finn Allen powered New Zealand to a dominant 10-wicket win over the United Arab Emirates in their Group D clash in Chennai on Tuesday.

Opener Sahibzada Farhan hit a solid half-century while spinner Usman Tariq grabbed three wickets as Pakistan downed the United States by 32 runs in a T20 World Cup Group A game in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Ahead of their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup clash against Namibia on Thursday, India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said Washington Sundar and Jasprit Bumrah were set to train on Tuesday evening, while Abhishek Sharma is still sidelined with a stomach issue.

A 62-year-old Hindu trader, Susen Chandra Sarkar, was hacked to death by unidentified attackers inside his shop in Trishal upazila of Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district, local media reported. The attack occurred on Monday night at the Bogar Bazar intersection, according to police.

A senior European intelligence official, Kaupo Rosin, head of Estonia’s foreign intelligence service, said Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next due to insufficient resources, but plans to significantly expand its forces along NATO’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday chaired his first weekly Cabinet meeting following a leadership challenge, asserting he would “never walk away” from his mandate, the people, or the country.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to attend the inaugural session of the Board of Peace on Gaza, scheduled for Feb 19 at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, according to diplomatic sources.

Bangladesh’s interim government chief, Muhammad Yunus, on Tuesday reassured the nation that his administration would promptly transfer power to the newly elected government after Thursday’s parliamentary elections, calling the vote a “historic, decisive, and future-defining” moment for Bangladesh.