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Grand Master Ziaur Rahman will leave Dhaka tomorrow for Norway to take part in the Chess World Cup which will be held in the city of Tromso from August 10 to September 3. Zia will play two games in the first round against ninth-ranked player in the world, Boris Gelfand (rating 2764) of Israel, on ... Read more

The Bangladesh Olympic Association is confident that its team can succeed in the shooting, golf and weightlifting competitions at the Asian Youth Games in China, secretary general Shahed Reza said on Tuesday. The 29-member Bangladesh contingent will leave Dhaka for Nanjing, China on August 14 to take part in the Games, which begin on

The Ministry of Education has included the biography of footballer Kazi Salahuddin and cricketer Sakib al Hasan in ‘English for Today’ textbook, which will be available to the students of the Bangla medium schools next year.  The book is also being followed in English medium schools for class VII students  who can now learn more ... Read more

Five hockey players – Russell Khan Bappy, Ariful Haque Prince, Asaduzzaman Chandan, Ashikuzzaman and Shamsuddin Tuhin – who were all facing multiple charges for allegedly assaulting the national team’s coach received anticipatory bail from the High Court on Monday. The Bangladesh Hockey Federation filed a case with the Paltan police station on July 31 on

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday came forward to bail out Grand Master Ziaur Rahman from financial constraints that had put him at risk of not being able to participate in the Chess World Cup. ‘I am extremely honoured to receive financial aid from the BCB,’ Ziaur told reporters. ‘Cricket is our game of pride ... Read more

Bangladeshi swimmer Mahfuza Khatun Shila finished 61st among 74 participants in the 50m breaststroke event at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Barcelona on Saturday. The Bangladesh Navy swimmer set a time of 35.63 seconds, 0.43 seconds better than her gold medal-winning performance at the eighth Bangladesh Games. Her personal best

Mahfizur Rahman Sagar set a personal best but failed to advance to the next round of the 50m freestyle event at the FINA World Swimming Championship in Barcelona on Friday, finishing 59th out of 105 participants. In the preliminary round, Sagar touched the wall in 24.39 seconds, 0.02 seconds faster than his previous career best ... Read more

Chayan replaces Zahid as skipper Forward Sheikh Mohammed Nannu and midfielder Sarwar Hossain were omitted from the 18-member national hockey squad for the forthcoming Asia Cup in Malaysia, to be held from August 24 to September 1. Nannu and Sarwar, who both played for Bangladesh in

A 15-member Bangladesh A team will leave  for England on Saturday on a three-week tour to play five one-day matches against English county teams and three one-dayers against youthful England Lions. The second string Bangladesh side will start their campaign in England against Hampshire on Aug 6 at Ageas Bowl; play Yorkshire on Aug 9 ... Read more

Bangladesh Olympic Association executive committee member and Bangladesh Rowing Federation general secretary Abdul Awal Majnu passed away on Thursday morning. He was 59. He performed many duties in his role as an executive committee member of the BOA for 12 years. He was also a renowned sports organiser.

TWENTY-THREE young athletes from eight disciplines are preparing themselves for the second Asian Youth Games from August 16-24 in Nanjing, China. The Bangladeshi athletes will participate in athletics, swimming, shooting, weightlifting, golf, badminton, basketball and taekwondo at the

The Hockey Players Welfare Association demanded the withdrawal of bans on its president Russell Khan Bappi and general secretary Ariful Haque Prince but apologised for any misunderstanding they had with national coach Naveed Alam. The Bangladesh Hockey Federation on Tuesday handed a life ban on Bappi and

The government has approved the renovation of the dilapidated Khulna Stadium, allocating Tk.11,14,16,000 for the project. This approval came in an Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting on Tuesday, which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman of Dhaka Mohammedan SC emerged champion in the Bishal Trade & Rupahali Sarees International Rating Chess with one match to spare, securing full 8 points after the 8th round matches at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room Wednesday. In the day’s 8th round, Zia beat Sharif Hossain of Fire Services & Civil

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation came down strongly on rebel leaders, handing Hockey Players’ Welfare Association chief Russell Khan Bappi a lifetime ban on Tuesday for creating a disturbance in national camp, engaging in undisciplined behaviour and assaulting national coach Naveed Alam. The BHF also suspended HPWA secretary Ariful Haque Prince for 10 years and senior

The ongoing crisis in hockey took a new turn on Monday after the national players resumed their boycott of Asia Cup camp demanding the inter-club player transfers and action against a former player who threatened a senior player. The players had earlier given the state minister for youth and sports, Ahad Ali Sarker, a

Bangladesh swimmer Anik Islam finished in 61st position among 78 participants in the World Swimming Championship at Barcelona on Sunday after clocking 26.69 seconds in the 50-metre butterfly event. Anik, who represents Bangladesh Navy, can take some consolation from his performance as he ended the race as the best South Asian swimmer among four

Bangladesh swimmer Anik Islam will hit the pool today in the 50 metre butterfly event of the World Swimming Championship in Barcelona, Spain, targeting to improve his own previous best timing. Anik clinched the gold medal in the Bangladesh Games

The practice matches of the national team were pushed back by two weeks due to a conflict in schedule of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation which has forced the Bangladesh Hockey Federation to consider a different opponent. The Food Corporation of India will instead arrive

Belgian hockey coach Michael Keenan is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka for the second time on July 31, as per his contract with the Bangladesh Hockey Federation under the Federation of International Hockey, BHF officials said on Wednesday. The FIH sent the high-profile coach as an advisor to the Bangladesh national hockey team earlier this ... Read more