DHAKA - The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist ​Party won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections on Friday, returning to power after nearly two ‌decades and positioning leader Tarique Rahman to become prime minister as the country emerges from months of unrest and economic disruption.

The People’s Party has reaffirmed its role as leader of the opposition and ruled out joining the government, according to party spokesman Parit Wacharasindhu.

PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia - Six weeks after ⁠a ceasefire ended ⁠fighting at the Thai-Cambodian border, thousands ​of displaced Cambodians still hope to return home, despite an election victory in Thailand by nationalists who want to wall off the ​disputed frontier.

SURAT THANI - A major Israeli drug dealer, who operated out of the restaurant he owned on Koh Phangan, was arrested on Friday with narcotics worth over 50 million baht seized, authorities said.

Hundreds of couples flocked to register their marriages in Bang Rak district of Bangkok on Saturday, hoping to receive one of 12 coveted gold marriage certificates in a Valentine’s Day celebration.

MILAN - The pressure had been building, the glare of Olympic expectation, the scrutiny of a ​sport that demands not only athletic precision but artistic perfection. And on ‌Friday, all of it came crashing down on Ilia Malinin.

Police say they suspect as many as 10 women have been sexually assaulted by a famous undertaker during “cleansing” rites that he performs at a temple in Ang Thong.

Google has confirmed that it will soon release Android 17 Beta 1 to Google Pixel devices, marking the first public testing phase of its next-generation mobile operating system, reportedly codenamed “Cinnamon Bun”.

Gulf Development Plc, controlled by billionaire Sarath Ratanavadi, has doubled its stake in Kasikornbank Plc to become the Thai commercial lender’s largest shareholder.

A newly admitted inmate at Thonburi Remand Prison in Bangkok is suspected of having mpox, the Department of Corrections reported on Saturday.