The Bangladesh Tourism Board signed an agreement with the ICC Development Limited on Wednesday to become the local partner for the Bangladesh part of the World Cup 2011. The deal, worth around Tk 5 crore, will allow the newly-formed tourism board to showcase Bangladesh to the world during the eight matches to be held in ... Read more
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Ganguly praises Tigers
Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly hailed Bangladesh for the progress they have made since entering into Test cricket exactly 10 years ago on this day against his India. Ganguly had tossed the coin with Naimur Rahman in Bangladesh’s inaugural Test on November 10, 2000, marking a new journey for the Tigers in top flight
ICC Cricket world cup history
The first men’s cricket World Cup (the women’s tournament was the first such global cricket event, held two years before) was held in England in the summer of 1975, when limited overs cricket was still a novelty, and a form of the game not taken too seriously by practitioners of the more serious business of ... Read more
Tourism set for cricket boost
In the quest of promoting Bangladesh’s tourism as well as increasing the country’s image, the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry has signed an agreement with the ICC Development Limited yesterday to become its local partner for Bangladesh’s part of the 2011 ICC World Cup. The nearly Tk 5 crore deal will allow the newly-formed Bangladesh ... Read more
Rajshahi, Khulna stay in race
Rajshahi and Khulna kept their hopes alive for a berth in the final of the National Cricket League one-day version by winning their respective second round matches of the second phase on Wednesday. Title aspirants Rajshahi defeated Dhaka by 79 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium while a resurgent Khulna recorded their second consecutive win, ... Read more
Bangladesh hoping against hope
Smarting from two successive defeats, an injury-hit Bangladesh U23 football team will take on Hong Kong in their Group E last match of the 16th Asian Games at Huadu Stadium today. Bangladesh’s bid to qualify for the 16-team second round was all but shattered after losing to Uzbekistan and United Arab Emirates by identical 3-0 ... Read more
Nayeem shines for Dazzlers
Iftekhar Nayeem made a vital contribution to Baridhara Dazzlers’ five-wicket win over Kathalbagan in the First Division Cricket League at the BKSP ground in Savar yesterday. Nayeem, the younger brother of national opener Shahriar Nafees, scored 94 off 115 balls as Baridhara successfully chased 209 runs in 47.3 overs after losing two
The Daily Star breeze into semis
DRU-Pepsi Media Cricket The Daily Star breeze into semis The Daily Star romped into the semifinals of the DRU-Pepsi Media cricket tournament, outplaying Daily Kaler Kantha by 49 runs at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium yesterday. Batting first, The Daily Star put on a massive total of 97 runs without losing any wicket in ... Read more
Women’s cricket team off for Asiad
The Bangladesh Women’s cricket team was scheduled to leave Dhaka last night to take part in the 16th Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou, China. Bangladesh has been slated in Group B along with Hong Kong, Nepal and Japan while Group A comprises of Pakistan, Thailand and
Bangladesh U-17s take 2-0 lead
An unbeaten half-century from Arafat Sunny saw Bangladesh U17s to an easy seven-wicket victory over Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U17s at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. The win made it 2-0 in favour of the Bangladesh U17s team. Sunny made 67 off 90 balls with the help of seven boundaries, sharing an unbroken 83-run
WC countdown begins tonight
A formal countdown to the World Cup 2011 will begin on the South Plaza of the national assembly building at midnight past today, exactly 100 days to go before the match between Bangladesh and India. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has planned a colourful programme for the occasion. Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly will be among ... Read more
Ganguly to join tonight’s ceremony in Dhaka
WC Countdown Ganguly to join tonight’s ceremony in Dhaka Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly arrives in the capital today to attend a ceremony tonight marking the start of 100-day countdown to the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The great left-handed batsman, who played 311 one-day internationals, will fly in at 1:30pm. Ganguly led his country in ... Read more
Bangladesh crash out of football
Bangladesh crashed out of the Asian Games football conceding an identical 3-0 defeat against UAE in the second Group E match at the Ying Dong stadium in Guangzhou, China on Tuesday. Young UAE striker Aljenaiby Ahmed opened the account for his team and his attacking partner Abadallah Mohamed scored a
Daily Star in qtrs
The Daily Star moved into the quarterfinals of the DRU-Pepsi Media Cup cricket tournament with a nine-run victory over Independent TV at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium yesterday. Batting first, Daily Star put up a fighting total of 66 for the loss of four wickets with an unbeaten 31 from eventual man-of-the-match Nazmul Alam Nobin. ... Read more
National stars shine
The national players returned with a bang when the second phase of the National Cricket League one-day competition began at two different city venues yesterday. The presence of the Tigers also saw high-scoring affairs in both matches after the last two rounds of the first phase had experienced dull and drab affairs sans the national ... Read more
Bangladesh take on UAE today
Bangla-desh will be looking to hold UAE to a draw in their second Group E game to keep alive their dreams of reaching the second round in the Asian Games football. The match will be played at the Ying Dong Stadium, Guangzhou, today. A draw against the UAE and a win against Hong Kong in ... Read more
Dru-media Cricket
Four confirm quarters BanglaVision, Destiny, Daily Sun and Channel i moved to the quarterfinals of the DRU-Pepsi Media Cricket as they won their respective matches at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium yesterday. BanglaVision (40/0) posted a five-wicket victory over Radio Today (36/5), Destiny (66/1) scored a four-wicket victory over Naya Diganta (63/1), Daily Sun ... Read more
Inter-private university football
United International University (UIU) reached the semifinals of the Mentors’ Inter-Private University Football Tournament beating East West University 2-0 at the Bir Shreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium yesterday. Shafiqul scored the opening goal for the winners in the 14th minute before Bakkar netted the second four minutes later.
MSC sign Sakib for record money
Defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club signed up seven players including star all-rounder Sakib al Hasan through a commission as the player transfers for the upcoming Dhaka Premier League ended on Sunday. Mohammedan did not want Sakib to face the wrath of Abahani supporters and signed him at
Bangladesh lose to Uzbekistan
Bangladesh conceded a 3-0 defeat to Uzbekistan in their Group E opening match of the Asian Games football at the Yingdong stadium in Guangzhou on Sunday. Uzbekistan led 2-0 in the first half. Head coach Robert Rubcic termed the result ‘satisfactory’ but expressed his dissatisfaction as his players committed a lot of mistakes providing the ... Read more