Green activists yesterday raised questions about the success of reopening of the Mongla-Ghashiakhali channel, after spending Tk 230 crore for dredging purposes. “The Mongla-Ghashiakhali channel dredging project may not achieve its desired objective due to the authority’s suspicious role…

News that the Crown Estate returned record profits of £285m last year means the Queen is expected to receive a further £2m in public funding next year. But just how rich is the Queen and where does her wealth come from? Despite the fact that many details of the Queen's income are released…

At least 37 people, mostly foreigners, have been killed and 36 injured in an attack on a beach in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, according to the health ministry, reports BBC. Video footage showed the body of a suspected gunman lying in a street. Tunisians, Britons, Germans and Belgians and at…

Bangladesh is the third most peaceful country in South Asia while Bhutan and Nepal secured the first and second positions in terms of peaceful country, said a new global report. The overall ranking of Bangladesh is 84 though its regional raking is third with an overall score of 1.997, said the 2015…

India’s legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the ‘Best Test player’ of the 21st century in an on line poll conducted by Cricket Australia’s website. The former India skipper got the highest number of votes to emerge on top of the list of the 100 best Test players…

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday ordered the immediate dismissal of parliament, clearing the way for a snap election 10 months ahead of schedule, reports AFP from Colombo. President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the legislature "with effect from midnight today" in an official…

The India team management will request the BCCI to have a word with the ICC over the umpiring in the just concluded ODI series in Bangladesh, according to a report published yesterday in Hindustan Times. There were murmurs about the umpiring from the first ODI but Ambati Rayudu’s dismissal in…