Dhaka – Cricket fans will have to spend more to watch the eliminator, qualifiers and the final of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday announced new ticket prices for the matches. One will…
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Riders grab top spot beating Victorians by 9 wickets
Dhaka – Rangpur Riders have secured the top place in the points table beating Comilla Victorians by nine wickets on Saturday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Defending champions Riders ended the league stage of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)…
Imrul included in BCB’s new central contract
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday announced the new central contract for national players. BCB President Nazmul Hassan announced names of 17 players after a board meeting at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Left-handed opener Imrul Kayes, who was overlooked…
Absence of Hales, Villiers will not bother Riders: Mashrafe
Dhaka – Defending champions of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Rangpur Riders captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza on Saturday said the absence of Hales and Villiers will bother them in the upcoming matches of the league. The Bangladesh ODI captain Masrhafe said…
Young Tigers whitewash touring England in 3-match Youth ODI Series
Dhaka- Bangladesh U-19 cricket team beat touring English youth team by 63 runs in the third and final Youth ODI at Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday. An all-round performance by Shamim Hossain guided the hosts to…
Taskin ruled out from ODIs in New Zealand
Dhaka – Bangladeshi pace-bowler Taskin Ahmed has been ruled out from the upcoming ODI series against New Zeland with a twisted ankle. Debashish Chowdhury, the chief physician of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), said there is no possibility of Taskin’s participation…
Sheikh Hasina Int’l Cricket Stadium in Purbachal within 3 years: BCB
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday decided to construct an international cricket stadium named after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the capital’s Purbachal within the next three years. The decision was taken at the fifth meeting of the…
Chittagong Samity Chess: GM Ziaur Rahman emerge champion
Dhaka – Grand Master Ziaur Rahman clinched the first-ever title of the day-long Chittagong Samity Chess Competition, organised by Chittagong Samity-Dhaka and sponsored by Ispahani Group, at the samity auditorium in the capital on Saturday. Country’s another Grand Master Enamul…
Victorians stun Dynamites winning low-scoring thriller by one run
Dhaka – Comilla Victorians defeated Dhaka Dynamites by one run on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the Bangladesh Premier League. Victorians posted 127 in 20 overs but Dynamites failed to chase it down in spite of superb efforts…
Fletcher guides Sixers to 165 vs Vikings
Dhaka – With Andre Fletchers 66 off 53, Sylhet Sixers posted 165 in 20 overs in their last match of the ongoing season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) against Chittagong Vikings at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium here on Friday.Vikings have…
Bangladesh to face Pakistan, India before World Cup
Dhaka – Bangladesh will play against Pakistan and India in official warm-up matches before the ICC World Cup 2019. The International Cricket Council on Thursday announced the fixture of warm-up matches. Tigers will lock horn with Pakistan on May 26…
SM Jahangir elected GS of Table Tennis Federation
Dhaka – The Executive Committee of Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation (BTTF) was elected unopposed on Thursday with Sheikh Mohammad Jahangir Alam as the general secretary. All of the 23 office bearers and members out of 24 of the executive committee…
Alex Hales ruled out of BPL
Dhaka – English cricketer Alex Hales has been ruled out of the ongoing edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) due to a shoulder injury he sustained during the game against Rajshahi Kings in Chattogram. Hales was playing for defending champions…
BPL Cricket: Vikings advance to play-off stage beating Dynamites
Dhaka – Chittagong Vikings rallied into the play-off stage of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) beating former champions Dhaka Dynamites by 11 runs on Wednesday. The victory at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium after three consecutive defeats helped Vikings secure a…
1st Div Hockey: PWD SC maintains winning run beating Bachelors SC 3-2
Dhaka – Public Works Department (PWD) Sporting Club maintained their winning run in the Green Delta Insurance First Division Hockey League beating Bachelors Sporting Club by 3-2 goal at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium here on Wednesday. PWD SC outplayed…
BFF greets whip Shamsul Haque Chwodhury
Dhaka – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has congratulated Secretary General of Chattogram Abahani Ltd and Chairman of BFF DFA Monitoring Committee Shamsul Haque Chowdhury on his election as a whip. Extending the greetings to him, BFF President Kazi Mohammad Salahuddin,…
Pooran propels Sixers to 189 against Kings in must-win game
Dhaka – Nicholas Pooran hit unbeaten 76 off 31 with six fours and as many as sixes to propel his team Sylhet Sixers to 189 for five in 20 overs against Rajshahi Kings on Wednesday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.…
Tamim, Afridi hand Vikings 3rd consecutive defeat at home
Dhaka – National opener Tamim Iqbal and Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi guided Comilla Victorians to the top slot of the seven-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) forcing Chittagong Vikings to suffer the 3rd consecutive loss at home with a seven-wicket defeat…
BPL Football: Arambagh KS earns 2nd successive win beating Saif SC 1-0
Dhaka- Arambagh Krira Shangha earned the 2nd successive victory in their 3rd match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football upsetting Saif Sporting Club by a solitary goal in their home venue, Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on Tuesday.…
Youth ODI: Bangladesh beat England by 5 wkts
Dhaka – The Young Tigers got off to a flying start in the three-match Youth ODI series beating touring England U-19 side by five wickets in the first match at Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday. The…
Should elephant play be called extortion trade?
Dhaka, Jan 29 (Xinhua/UNB) — Elephants, sometimes adorned with jewels and gaudy, decorative garments, are not an uncommon sight on the streets in many parts of Asia. They can be seen ridden by their mahouts (riders or keepers) in public…
BPL Football: Rahmatganj force Sheikh Jamal to play 2-2 draw
Dhaka – A last-minute goal by Nigerian booter Monday Osagie guided Rahmatganj MFS to a 2-2 draw with former champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Monday. The…
BCB chief Papon ‘unaware’ of Sabbir’s selection
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan Papon on Monday said he was not aware of the procedure of including Sabbir Rahman in the national team. Sabbir, serving a six-month ban from September last year, was picked up…
Dynamites ride on Rony’s fifty to post 186
Dhaka- Dhaka Dynamites posted 186/6 in their quota of 20 overs batting first after winning the toss Monday against defending champions Rangpur Riders at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Rony Talukdar was the best batsman…
‘Amazing’ Djokovic tops Nadal for record 7th Australian Open
Melbourne,(AP/UNB) – Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so pretty much perfect, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance. Djokovic reduced one of the greats of the game to merely another outclassed opponent – just a guy, really –…
Hockey: Shantinagar Club return to winning run beat Farashganj SC
Dhaka – Shantinagar Club returned to the winning run in the Green Delta Insurance First Division Hockey League beating old Dhaka outfit Farashganj Sporting Club by 7-3 goals at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium here on Sunday.Akash struck three, Limon…
Dynamites, Riders, Victorians eye playoff berths
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) resumes on Monday after a one-day recess with Comilla Victorians playing lowly Khulna Titans in the first match of the day at 1:30pm at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. In the…
Need to bowl intelligently to get wickets in Chattogram: Rubel
Dhaka – Bowlers are now going through their most challenging part of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in Chattogram as the wicket of the venue, Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, is most gracious for the batsmen. However, the right-arm pacer of…
3rd round of BPL Football begins Monday
Dhaka – The 3rd round of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football 2018-19 begins on Monday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here. Former champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will play Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society at 3:30pm while holders Dhaka Abahani…
Titans out of BPL race after losing to Sixers
Dhaka – Khulna Titans were ruled out of the top four play-off race in ongoing Bangladesh Premier League after a 58-run defeat to Sylhet Sixers on Saturday at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattgoram. The Titans have now lost…