The Editorial Page: In Bangladesh, a new political moment — and a fragile equilibrium 14 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2026 Journalism of Courage NEW DELHI, LATE CITy, 26 PAGES ₹7.00 (₹8 RAIPUR, ₹15 SRINAGAR) l www.indianexpress.com CBC 06124/13/0009/2526 DA I Ly f R O M : A H M E DA b A D , C H A N D I GA R H , D E L H I , j A I P U R , KO L K ATA , L U C K N O W , M U M b A I , N AG P U R , PAT N A , P U N E , vA D O DA R A Happening today Seva Teerth, the new PMO Super League kick-starts at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. Seva Teerth, Kartavya Bhavan built to fulfil the aspirations of India: Modi TRACk THIS AND MORE ON www.INDIANExPrEss.cOm New Delhi, February 13 lTHE MUCH-DELAYED INDIAN THE BIG PIcTURE SEOUL mAtES: the Korean wave PAgE 11 Harikishan Sharma PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi on Friday shifted to his new office at Seva Teerth complexfromthecolonial-eraSouth Block building on Raisina Hill, where the PMO was located since Independence. Addressinganeventafterinaugurating the Seva Teerth, as well as two Central Secretariat buildings, called Kartavya Bhavan 1 and 2, the PM said buildings in the North and South Block were “built as symbols of theBritishEmpireandtheirpurpose was to keep India chained in slavery for centuries”. “The new complexes like Seva Teerth and Kartavya Bhavan have been built to fulfil the »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Seva Teerth complex, Friday. PTI Pannun murder plot: Accused Nikhil Gupta pleads guilty in US court Divya A New Delhi, February 13 INDIAN NATIONAL Nikhil Gupta, charged with the 2023 assassinationplotagainstKhalistani separatist Gurpatwant SinghPannuninNewYork,has pleaded guilty in a United States court, news agency Reuters reported Friday. Gupta pleaded guilty to three criminal charges, the report stated, quoting a spokespersonfortheUSAttorney’sOffice in Manhattan. The 54-year-old pleaded »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PARTY SECURES TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT Landslide returns BNP, Rahman set to be Bangladesh PM Modifirstto reachout,but Delhi-Dhaka tiesnotsimple Jamaat emerges as second largest party, main Opp ExPrEss IN DHAKA BNP chief Tarique Rahman. PTI Business as Usual By EP UNNY Shubhajit Roy February 13 Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan with Vandita Mishra, National Opinion Editor, The Indian Express, at Express Adda in New Delhi on Friday. RENUKA PURI SIGNALLING THE start of a new chapter in the country’s history, the centre-right Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman, returned to power Friday after nearly two decades, securing a landslide victory in the first »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Shubhajit Roy Dhaka, February 13 PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi became the first leader to call and greet BNP chief Tarique Rahman Friday after it became clear that his centreright party had secured a twothirds majority in elections to the Bangladesh parliament, one of the most watched elections in South Asia in recent years. E. »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2