The crisis over the National Cricket League has deepened further as no players responded to the ultimatum of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday. The BCB on Tuesday had issued the ultimatum asking the players to join practice for their respective divisional sides by July 30 and warned that failing to do will be deemed ... Read more
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BCB announces details of programme of Tri-Nation and Test series
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the details of Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka Tri-Nation ODI competition and India’s Tour of Bangladesh 2010. Itinerary: Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka Tri-Nation ODI competition Date Details Venue 01 Jan – Fri Sri Lanka Team Arrives/Rest & Practice SBNCS
SA Games live on TV
Viewers will be able to watch live telecast of all 23 disciplines of the 11th South Asian Games that will be held in Bangladesh from January 29 to February 9 next year. After a meeting with the high-ups of different TV channels yesterday, Bangladesh Olympic Association’s media committee for the Games distributed disciplines among the ... Read more
Women’s cricket
Rajshahi continued their excellent run in the Women’s National Cricket League with a resounding eight-wicket victory over Barisal at the Khulna University Ground yesterday. The losing team had decided to bat first, but like a pack of cards they were skittled out for 59 runs in 35.2 overs. More than half of those runs came ... Read more
School cricket
Parerhat RL High School of Pirojpur, Rahmatullah Model High School of Dhaka and GK Pilot High School won their respective matches in the Standard Chartered Young Tigers U-16 National Cricket Tournament yesterday. At Pirojpur Stadium, Parerhat RL High beat Hularhat High School by 116 runs. Batting first, Parerhat scored 214 before being all out in ... Read more
BCB tough on boycott threat
The Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh is adamant about boycotting the ensuing National Cricket League unless its demands for increased match fees are met but the Bangladesh Cricket Board has refused to bow down. The BCB has taken a hard line and asked the players to join their respective divisional teams by today or face ... Read more
Bangladesh placed in Group A in SAG football
Bangladesh football team will find Maldives and Nepal in its Group A rivals in the impending 11th South Asian Games (SAG). The draw of the football competitions of the SAG took place at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city on Tuesday. Senior Vice President of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Abdus Salam Murshedi, Vice Presidents ... Read more
Dhaka Abahani maintains winning spree
Citycell Bangladesh League football Dhaka Abahani maintains winning spree Defending champion Dhaka Abahani recorded its sixth victory in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football scraping a sole-goal victory against Chittagong Abahani at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on Tuesday. The two-time Bangladesh League champion Dhaka Abahani failed to make any impression against its city rival ... Read more
Khulna, Rajshahi win in women’s cricket
Khulna and Rajshahi Divisions won their respective matches in the 3rd Women’s National Cricket League at separate venues across country on Tuesday. Hosts Khulna Division earned a comfortable 10-wicket victory over Chittagong Division at the Khulna University ground while Rajshahi Division outplayed Dhaka Division by 100 runs at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium (SANS) in
Bangladesh finish at 6th position in Asian Chess
Bangladesh Men bagged the sixth position in the Men section of the Asian Team Chess Championship held in Town Hall, Kolkata, India on Monday. Bangladesh Men earned 8 match points. Men’s team won 4 matches and lost 3 matches out of 7 matches. 7th or last round games were held yesterday and Bangladesh team beat ... Read more
Bank Asia lift title
Bank Asia emerged champions in the Rupayan Bankers T-20 Cricket Tournament defeating Eastern Bank Limited by 84 runs in the final at the Gulshan Youth Club ground. Faisal Hossain with an unbeaten 85 runs knock, claimed the man of the final award. Anisur Rahman Sinha, chairman of the bank, in a message highly appreciated the ... Read more
Cricketer’s threat
First-class cricketers have threatened to boycott the upcoming National Cricket League if the Bangladesh Cricket Board does not increase the match fees for the players. Under a banner of Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) the players came up in hard line in a bid to fulfill their demands. In a formal press conference at ... Read more
Brothers post 1-0 win over Farashganj
Citycell Bangladesh League Brothers post 1-0 win over Farashganj Brother Union registered its second victory after three successive draws in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football defeating Farashganj Sporting Club by a solitary goal at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Moha-mmad Mustafa Stadium, Dhaka on Sunday. Taru scored the only goal of the match for Brothers Union ... Read more
Ranjan Ram wins double
Victory Day Tennis Championship Ranjan Ram wins double Ranjan Ram claimed the double crown in the Victory Day Tennis Championship winning the titles of men’s singles and double on Sunday. Ranjan Ram of National Tennis Complex (NTC) defeated Amal Roy of Engineers Club 7-5, 6-3 in the men’s singles final at Ramna National Tennis Complex ... Read more
Women’s cricket
Dhaka Division brushed aside Chittagong Division by 4 wickets while Sylhet Division posted a comfortable 75-run victory over Barisal Division in the Women’s National cricket League yesterday. At the SANS ground in Khulna, Chittagong put on 112 for the loss of nine wickets in their 50 overs. Fatema-Tuj-Johora was the topscorer for Chittagong with 36 ... Read more
School cricket
Rasulpur High School thumped Pole Star Poora School by 80 runs while Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Govt High School beat Sher-e-Bangla Ideal High School by 3 wickets in the Standard Chartered Young Tigers National School Cricket yesterday. At Satkhira Stadium, batting first Rasulpur made 129 all out in 32 overs, courtesy of a 33-run knock from Billal ... Read more
Abahani thrash Arambagh
Holders Abahani Limited maintained their all-win run in the Citycell Bangladesh League crushing Arambagh KS by 4-0 goals in the day’s lone match at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur on Thursday. In this impressive four goals win, Enamul struck twice while Sujan and Ibrahim scored a piece to maintain the ... Read more
Mahmudul Hasan to Lead Bangladesh in U-19 World Cup
Mahmudul Hasan has been appointed as Bangladesh captain for the Under-19 World Cup to be held in New Zealand in January. Hasan, who featured in the 2008 edition of the tournament in Malaysia as well, has successfully led the U-19 side this year during their home series against Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and England. He was ... Read more
Young TigersUnder-16 cricket from tomorrow
The Standard Chartered Young Tigers Under-16 National Cricket tournament will kick off tomorrow (Saturday) with the aim to identify a good number of cricketers from the grassroots level. BKSP will take on Dhaka Ideal School in the opening match at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium. A media briefing was arranged in this regard on Thursday at ... Read more
Women’s National Cricket League begins tomorrow
Khulna Division takes on Rajshahi Division in the opening match of the 3rd Women’s National Cricket League that begins on Saturday at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium (SANS) in Khulna. On the following day, Sylhet Division will play against Barisal Division at Khulna University ground while Dhaka Division will