On the road for quite some time now, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza must have been a tired man. He returned to his Dhaka home yesterday only after leading the Tigers to yet another series win, in fact the fourth on the trot on home soil. During the process he led his side to 15 ... Read more
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Bangladesh on the up under Dutch guidance
Danger is not a word usually associated with coaching. But it is something which Bangladesh manager Lodewijk de Kruif had experienced during his first tenure in charge of the South Asian team two years ago. While relaxing in a Kathmandu hotel – lodgings for all eight participating teams at the 2013 SAFF (South Asian Football ... Read more
Abahani crush Russell
Abahani Limited gave a perfect farewell to their outgoing coach George Kottan when they thrashed Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra 5-0 in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. In the day’s first match at the same venue, a last moment strike of substitute forward Mohammad Rony helped Brothers Union register a dramatic ... Read more
Eid exodus picks up momentum
Dhaka people brave rain, jam, and waterlogging to go home Torrential rain since early yesterday morning put many heading home for the Eid holidays in trouble getting to bus, train and launch terminals in the capital. The perennial congestion and the usual chaos of Dhaka were, however, easing off despite waterlogging and tailbacks on some ... Read more
Absolutely Awesome
Terrific Tigers produce supremely premium stuff to thump down 9-wicket defeat on strong South Africa; clinch one-day series Who says bowlers should have all the fun? Ask Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal, and they will tell you that that opening period of the second innings, when they literally demolished one of the best bowling attacks ... Read more
Tigers add another feather in the cap
Bangladesh added another big scalp to their tally in an already successful year flattening South Africa by nine wickets to win the three-match one-day international series 2-1 in Chittagong on Wednesday. The Tigers faced little trouble to achieve the revised target of 170 runs after the bowlers did a tremendous job to restrict the Proteas ... Read more
Superb Soumya stuns Proteas
Batsman Soumya Sarkar showed what he is capable of by hammering back-to-back match-winning fifties to help Bangladesh claim their maiden series win over South Africa on Wednesday. Soumya was accused of not making his solid-looking starts count that had nearly earned him a tag of a player of worth of scoring just 30s and 40s.
Sakib reaches new height
Ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan achieved another remarkable feat on Wednesday when he became the fastest man to reach 4000 runs and pick 200 wickets in one-day internationals. Sakib joined Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya, South Africa’s Jacques Kallis, Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq and New Zealand duo Chris Harris
Abahani face Russell in Kottan’s last game
Abahani Limited’s Austrian coach George Kottan will stand in the dugout for the last time for the Sky Blues during their Bangladesh Premier League match against Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra today. After the game the 68-year old campaigner will leave the four-time professional league champions to join the FIFA goal project starting later this month.
Team-man Mashrafee achieves personal feat
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza put the team first before his personal interest paving the way for Sakib al Hasan to reach 200-wicket milestone before him during the third one-day international against South Africa on Wednesday. Mashrafee was rewarded by cricket God for his sacrifice as he followed Sakib soon to achieve the feat in the ... Read more
Third ODI in Numbers
3 Since 2012, the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong hosted only its third one-day Internationals while Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium hosted 35 ODIs in corresponding period. The port-city venue hosted a total of 18 ODIs so far and the hosts Bangladesh were involved in all of them. 7 This was for the seventh consecutive times South ... Read more
South Africa’s Test specialists arrive
Eight members of South African Test squad, including paceman Dale Styen arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday to join visiting side for the upcoming two-match Test series against Bangladesh. The first Test of the series will start in Chittagong on July 21. Styen was accompanied by Simon Harmer,
Tarana among 3 new ministers
Asaduzzaman, Yeafesh made full ministers; no portfolios reshuffled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inducted three new faces into her council of ministers and promoted two state ministers to the post of minister. Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Yeafesh Osman were elevated to full ministers and reassigned the portfolios of home affairs and science and technology.
Rajon Killing: Protests flare at places
The police on Tuesday formed a committee to probe into alleged negligence of Jalalabad police station officials when Samiul Alam Rajon, 12, was beaten to death in Sylhet city on July 8 as protests against the murder continued across the country. Sylhet Metropolitan Police on Tuesday withdrew
Fakhrul out of jail on bail, finally
The Dhaka Central Jail authorities on Tuesday released acting Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on bail after receiving the Supreme Court’s order that had granted him six weeks bail to avail ‘advanced medical treatment’. Deputy jailer Sarbattam Dewan told New Age Fakhrul
Bangladeshis living longer
Reveals survey People now live longer than in the past. Life expectancy in the country rose to 70.4 years in 2013 from 69.4 a year ago, says a new survey of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). It was 65.2 years in 2005, according to
Tigers eye bigger scalp in decider
As country’s biggest festival Eid-ul-Fitr approaches fast, Bangladesh cricket team stand with a chance to add an extra colour to the celebration when they take on South Africa in the series deciding third and final one-day international in Chittagong today. The Proteas and the Tigers are currently locked at 1-1 in three-match series after they ... Read more
Time to seal a dream 2015
Series-deciding 3rd ODI today Chandika Hathurusingha dropped his crutches on the ground, cautiously stretched his right foot forward and, with an imaginary bat in his hands, kept playing straight drives in front of Tamim Iqbal just as the left-hander was about to begin his batting session in Chittagong yesterday. The effort taken by the coach, ... Read more
An opportunity: Shakib
Never have the Tigers successfully managed to win a series against a side ranked in the top eight after losing the first match. And while they have beaten the Proteas once, they have never beaten them in a series. However, the hosts will have a chance to change all those disillusioning stats and script a ... Read more
Luck on Tigers’ side?
With a series victory in sight, the Tigers probably wouldn’t have preferred any other ground than the one that they will be playing on today. Yes, it is true that they seem to have built their fortress at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur lately, but that should not overshadow the series of positive results ... Read more