At least ten buyers have expressed their interest to purchase the Bangladesh Premier League’s (BPL’s) franchises for the third edition of the T20 competition League due to begin in November this year. Yesterday was the last date for interested candidates to apply for an opportunity to own a team in the cash-rich competition. It was learnt that companies like Beximco ...

The Chinese firm whose warehouse in Tianjin exploded last week killing at least 114 people did not have a licence to handle hazardous chemicals until two months ago, Xinhua news agency says. It also said that for eight months before June, Tianjin International Ruihai Logistics handled hazardous chemicals without the right documents. Nearly 700 people were injured in Wednesday’s devastating ...

The number of refugees seeking asylum in Germany could surge to 750,000 this year, according to reports citing official projections. The government in Berlin had earlier forecast that 450,000 asylum seekers could arrive in 2015, but is now set to increase that to 650,000 or higher. Germany has seen a wave of migration from Syria and the Balkans. UN High ...

Turkey’s prime minister says he has exhausted all options to form a coalition government after talks with the nationalist MHP failed, pushing the country closer to fresh elections. Ahmet Davutoglu said he would return the mandate to the president. The main opposition CHP said it should now be given the mandate to form a new government. The political uncertainty comes ...

A German parliamentary vote on the controversial third Greek bailout on Wednesday has been overshadowed by an expected rebellion in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right party. The Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian CSU allies are divided over the €86bn ($95bn; £61bn) bailout. Some MPs suspect that part of the Greek debt will be written off – a “haircut”, which could ...

A Latvian co-pilot who admitted drinking whisky and beer hours before an airBaltic flight from Norway to Crete has been jailed for six months. Two flight attendants were also given prison sentences of 45 and 60 days respectively. The co-pilot, 38, was found to have a blood alcohol level of almost seven times the legal limit. He told the court ...

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has claimed victory in the island’s parliamentary elections and called on the country to unite. Initial results suggest that his United National Party has won enough seats to form a coalition with its allies. This would thwart former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s hopes of returning to office as prime minister. Turnout in Monday’s polls was ...

India will seek damages of 6.39 billion rupees ($99.3 million) from Swiss group Nestle after a food scare involving reports of excess lead in the firm’s popular Maggi noodles forced a nationwide recall, a government official said on Tuesday. Nestle, which has been accused of unfair trade practices, would be the first foreign firm to be asked to pay damages ...

Following two years of hard work, students across Tower Hamlets today (August 13) celebrated as they opened their A Level results. Results at Mulberry were extremely strong – with Head Teacher Vanessa Ogden indicating that 75 per cent of students achieved A* to C grades. 80 students from the school hold offers for Oxbridge or Russell Group universities. Cllr Sirajul ...

Dr. Mozammel Haque This July marks the first anniversary of the Israeli attack on Gaza named, Operation Protective Edge. We are also remembering the attack on London’s transport system on 7 July 10 years ago and, also the Srebrenica Genocide, 20 years ago. Since Israeli assault on Gaza in 2014, two parliamentary delegations visited Palestine; discussions and debates took place ...