Dhaka – Expressing his unhappiness with the county’s politicians, Bangladesh pacer Rubel Hossain has said why they are not going to the doorsteps of the poor people with food as they are unable to work due to the nationwide shutdown…
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Sabbir urges fans to stay home
Dhaka — Bangladesh batsman Sabbir Rahman has urged people to stay at home in this time of coronavirus pandemic so that the spread of the virus can be contained. All cricketing activities in the world have been postponed indefinitely as…
Mahmudullah blessed with a baby boy
Dhaka — Bangladesh T20 captain Mahmudullah Riyad was blessed with a baby boy on Monday night. Both the newborn baby and its mother are good in health now, confirmed a source close to their family. This is the second time…
Shakib unites with family after completing self-isolation in USA
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s world-famed all rounder Shakib Al Hasan joined his family on Friday (April 3) in sound health after spending 14 days in isolation in a hotel since arriving in the United States of America (USA). Shakib, who is…
Mashrafe’s charity launches mobile medical unit for Narail
Dhaka — Narail Express Foundation, the charity run by Bangladesh cricket’s most successful captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, launched a mobile medical unit to serve his home district during the coronavirus pandemic. Under the initiative, NEF will offer treatment services focused…
Coronavirus : 91 top Bangladeshi cricketers to donate their 15-day salary
Dhaka — Top 91 Bangladeshi cricketers, who are contracted with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) as the First-class ones, decided to donate their 15-day salary to help the poor people who have been suffering due to crisis created over coronavirus…
BCB expresses shock at the death of Tony Lewis
Dhaka -The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday expressed condolence at the death of a mathematician and statistician Tony Lewis. Lewis was 78. Lewis is the co-creator of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method for deciding weather-affected limited-overs matches in the game…
BCB announces one-time monetary support for women cricketers
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced a one-time monetary allowance of BDT 20,000.00 (Twenty Thousand Taka) per person to assist women cricketers who had appeared in the 2018-19 Women’s NCL and were part of the BCB’s selection camps in 2019-20.…
Shakib hails doctors, nurses on the frontline of coronavirus fight
Dhaka — Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who is in self-isolation in the USA, hailed doctors, nurses and medical staff who have been working day and night to save the lives of those infected with the deadly coronavirus around the…
Coronavirus: Tigers to donate 50pc of one month’s salary
Dhaka — Top 27 cricketers of Bangladesh have expended their hand to help fight against deadly coronavirus. Under the initiative by Tamim Iqbal, cricketers opted to donate 50 percent of their salary for one month to the government. All of…
Mashrafe urges youths to stay home for safety
Dhaka – Immediate past captain of Bangladesh ODI team Mashrafe bin Mortaza, MP, on Monday urged country’s young generation to stay home to be safe amid the outbreak of deadly coronavirus. He made the call in a Facebook post made…
Cricket organizer Reza-e-Karim passes away
Dhaka — Celebrated Bangladeshi cricket organizer Reza-e-Karim breathed his last at a city hospital here on Sunday. He was 82. “Karim passed away in the early hours on Sunday at Bangladesh Specialized Hospital in Dhaka after a long battle with…
Shakib Al Hasan in self-isolation in USA
Dhaka—Bangladeshi superstar cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, currently serving a two-year ban (with one year suspended) from cricket by the International Cricket Council (ICC), has gone into self-isolation in a hotel upon arriving in the United States of America on Saturday…
BCB adopts ‘work from home’ policy
Dhaka — Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday announced that it will follow the ‘work from home’ policy from March 22, aiming to prevent the transmission of coronavirus. The staff who are not essential to stay at the office have…
Coronavirus: Bangladesh’s Ireland tour postponed
Dhaka — Bangladesh and Ireland have jointly decided to postpone the Tigers’ upcoming series against Ireland in Ireland and England. Cricket Ireland announced the decision in a media statement on Saturday. “Once the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic was understood,…
Coronavirus: BCB chief physician in quarantine
Dhaka — The chief physician of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Debashis Chowdhury, went in home quarantine after returning from Australia recently, a source from BCB confirmed UNB. Debashis went to Australia to accompany two cricketers- Shadman Islam and Mrittonjoy Chowdhury-…
Mustafiz eyeing to get his old form back
Dhaka — Bangladeshi left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman says he has been working hard to get his old form back to stand out in the crowd. The bowler failed to maintain his early performance and his specialties no longer seem to…
Coronavirus: BCB suspends cricket for indefinite period
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday suspended all kinds of cricket in the country for an indefinite period, aiming to prevent the spread of Covid-19 (novel coronavirus). Board president Nazmul Hasan told media that the cricket in the…
Coronavirus: BCB on high alert
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has postponed all cricketing events and is on high alert to prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). Currently, everyone entering the BCB has to use hand sanitisers at the entrance. BCB is…
Cricket Australia cancels end of season, awards title to NSW
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — All professional cricket has been canceled in Australia in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and national organizers are “strongly recommending” that the season be called off at every level right down to children’s community games. Cricket…
Pakistan Super League finals postponed amid virus outbreak
Lahore, Pakistan (AP/UNB) — The Pakistan Super League has been postponed because of concerns over the spreading coronavirus, hours before the first of the semifinals was set to begin. The Pakistan Cricket Board made the call Tuesday, saying the Twenty20…
Cricket to return back to fields soon, hopes Khaled Mahmud
Dhaka —Former captain of Bangladesh cricket team and the head coach of Dhaka Abahani Limited Khaled Mahmud hoped that cricket will return back to the field shortly which has been halted due to coronavirus outbreak. Along with all sports events,…
Australia cancels all cricket because of the coronavirus
Australia’s domestic Sheffield Shield was called off Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic with New South Wales declared champions as all cricket nationwide was halted.
Coronavirus: BCB halts Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League
Dhaka — Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday halted the second round matches of the ongoing Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier League till March 31 over coronavirus outbreak. The decision was taken following a direction of Ministry of Youth and Sports to…
Premier Cricket: Mohammedan concede defeat to Shinepukur
Dhaka — Mohammedan Sporting Club lost their first game of Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League to Shinepukur Cricket Club by five wickets at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah on Monday, before the league is halted by Bangladesh…
Mushfiqur hits ton to guide Abahani to flying start
Dhaka – A captain’s knock of 127 by Mushfiqur Rahim helped defending champions Dhaka Abahani Limited make a flying start in the Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League outplaying Partex SC by 81 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium…
New Zealand abandons ODI, T20 series over virus concerns
Sydney (AP/UNB) — Australia’s one-day international series against New Zealand has been abandoned after the New Zealanders had to rush home due to coronavirus precautions. The New Zealand government announced Saturday that all incoming passengers would be subject to a…
Dhaka Premier League begins Sunday amid coronavirus fear
Dhaka — Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, the most competitive domestic cricket event of the country, is all set to begin from Sunday amid the fear of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) which has forced to postpone many sporting events around the…
Expecting from me to surpass Mashrafe overnight is unfair: Tamim
Dhaka —Newly appointed ODI captain of Bangladesh Tamim Iqbal, in this first media interaction after taking over captaincy from Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, said on Saturday it will be unfair to expect from him overnight to surpass Mashrafe. The southpaw batsman…
Coronavirus outbreak made Pakistan tour tough: Nazmul
Dhaka — Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon on Saturday said the 3rd and final phase of the Pakistan tour of Bangladesh National cricket team is now very tough due to spread of coronavirus globally. “The final decision…