Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported missing or dead in 2025 while attempting dangerous sea crossings in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal, marking the deadliest year on record for the route, according to the UN refugee agency.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a sharp critique of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), alleging that the administration of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has betrayed the state’s youth by allowing jobs to be given to “infiltrators” and running a corrupt “reign of terror” through syndicates.

Sri Lanka’s Meteorological Department on Thursday urged fishermen at sea to return immediately or seek safe harbor, as a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is expected to impact the country on Friday.

An earthquake of 4.2 magnitude jolted the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). 

At least 50,000 people have been evacuated in India’s eastern coastal states as Cyclone Montha gathers strength over the Bay of Bengal, authorities said.

A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has strengthened into Cyclone Montha, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue heavy rain and storm warnings for several states along the country's east and southeast coast.

A Royal Bengal tiger was killed and dismembered by a mob in India's north eastern state of Assam, a forest official has said.

The fire broke out inside a hotel near Falpatti Machhua area in the central part of Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal.