On the eve of Bangladesh’s elections, exiled writer Taslima Nasrin has delivered her most blistering critique in years of the country’s political direction, accusing the Muhammad Yunus-led interim dispensation of empowering Islamic fundamentalists.

Two children died after a school bus ran over them in Bengaluru while they were travelling on a two-wheeler on Wednesday.

Thai police shot and arrested a gunman who opened fire Wednesday at a school in southernThailand, police and other authorities said.