Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin on Tuesday asked the UK-based football management company, Soccer League International, to promote the Bangladesh Premier League instead of trying to organise a multi-million pound new football league. Soccer League International UK initially came up with a proposal of holding a franchise-based football league
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HSBC launches 6th export excellence awards
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Bangladesh has launched the 6th instalment of HSBC Export Excellence Awards. The programme recognises and honours exporters from Bangladesh for their contribution to the sustainable growth of Bangladesh through export. Exporters will be able to nominate themselves as the Exporter of the Year in four categories— readymade
Bangladesh sets 80km maximum speed to reduce road accidents
Speed limit hastily set for all vehicles on highways In yet another impromptu move, the government yesterday decided that speed limiters would be installed in all modes of transports on highways to cap their speeds to 80kmph with an aim to check road accidents. The decision was made at a meeting of the National Road ... Read more
Real test ahead
With HSC results out, students now face tough competition for higher studies Niloy Mahmud was over the moon after getting his HSC results on Sunday. His parents were also delighted as their son achieved the highest distinction, GPA-5. A student from science group, Niloy wants to study engineering and his first choice is Buet. But ... Read more
Smith braces for Bangladesh tour
Australia’s middle order batsman Steven Smith, who is expected to lead the devastated side in Bangladesh in October for a two-match Test series, said the Tigers will not be an easy prey for his side. Smith is widely expected to take over from retiring Michael Clarke, who announced his retirement in the wake of humiliating ... Read more
Fresh move to end hockey stalemate
All hockey clubs in Dhaka, affiliated to the Bangladesh Hockey Federation, are expected to sit in a meeting on Wednesday in order to find a way out of the ongoing stalemate in the sport, said a BHF official on Monday. Five hockey clubs – Mohammedan SC, Mariner Youngs Club, Wari Club, Dhaka Wanderers Club and ... Read more
Simon brace gives BU easy win
Nigerian forward Ezeodika Simon struck twice in the second half as Brothers Union beat Feni Soccer Club 2-0 in their penultimate match of the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. The win, Brothers’ 10th in the league, put the Gopibagh outfit third in the points table with 35 points from 19 ... Read more
Competition drives pacers
In terms of pace bowling, 2015 has been a revelation for Bangladesh. The statistics speak volumes for them. The pacers have taken more wickets than the slower bowlers in ODIs this year, a rarity when it comes to the Tigers. Bangladesh’s quicks have scalped 67 wickets in 15 matches, while their spinners took 41. Almost ... Read more
We are on right track: Sakib
Ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan said on Sunday that Bangladesh are on the right track as far as playing Test cricket is concerned despite them not coming close to their one-day international success in this format. The Tigers have shown tremendous progress in ODIs over the last few months moving to seventh in the ranking ... Read more
Razzak stars in Nepal charity
Bangladesh’s left–arm spinner Abdur Razzak put an all-round show to help World XI side beat Nepal cricket team by 37 runs in an exhibition match in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Razzak made 16 not out off just seven balls before returned with a figure of 2-11 from his full quota of four overs in the ... Read more
Ctg Abahani rope in Manik
Veteran coach Shafiqul Islam Manik will take charge of premier league outfit Chittagong Abahani for the upcoming season, having spent this season away from coaching. The former Mohammedan SC and Muktijoddha Sangsad coach, who stepped down from the job of the All Reds at the end of last season, confirmed the news to reporters on ... Read more
UK-based company proposes mega league in B’desh
A UK-based football management company, Soccer League International, has come out with a proposal of organising a franchise football league in Bangladesh. Mohammad Kabir, a UK-based businessman of Bangladeshi origin, who is also the managing director of the company, arrived in Dhaka on Sunday
HSC pass rate at 8-yr, number of GPA at 4-yr low
Combined pass percentage in Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations fell to its eight-year low while the number of Grade Point Average (GPA) 5 achievers came down to its four-year low. The results of the examinations, published on Sunday, also showed that the number of institutions with 100 per cent pass rate decreased to 1,133 ... Read more
Ethnic minorities want constitutional recognition as ‘indigenous’
People from national minority communities on Sunday celebrated the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples across the country demanding their constitutional recognition as ‘indigenous’ and recognition of their traditional land rights in the constitution. Different socio-cultural and political organisations and groups organised discussions, rallies and processions
HSC results to be published across Bangladesh on August 9
The results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will be published on August 9, ending an anxious wait for around 11 lakh examinees. Disclosing the date yesterday, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told reporters that he would ceremonially hand over copies of the results to Prime Minister
MSC, Russell close gap on Jamal
Both Mohammedan Sporting Club and Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra won their respective matches of the Bangladesh Premier League to reduce the gap with table toppers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club on Sunday. Mohammedan beat Feni Soccer Club 2-1 in the first match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium while Russell defeated Team BJMC by the identical
Rain halts Tigers’ victory push
Bangladesh will be confident going into the second Test match against South Africa in Dhaka as draw looks inevitable after rain washed out the fourth day’s play in the first Test in Chittagong on Friday. Unless a dramatic improvement of weather, which has a very slim chance, a full 90 overs of play on the ... Read more
Rain washes out fourth day’s play in Chittagong
Rain washed out the fourth day’s play in the first Test between Bangladesh and South Africa on Friday, leaving the chance of a result bleak. Match officials called off play at 1:25pm local time (07:25GMT) as rain continued to grow heavy at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in
Tigers set fighting lead, SA close in
Rain robbed Bangladesh of a chance to push South Africa harder in the first Test after it ate up nearly 25 overs of the third day in Chittagong on Thursday. The Tigers recorded their highest score of 326 runs against South Africa to take a vital 78-run first innings lead and was then looking to ... Read more
Liton delivers just in time
Liton Das showed a glimpse of his talent when he hit his maiden Test fifty against South Africa on Thursday, helping Bangladesh to take a vital lead in the first innings. Liton was under pressure to deliver making into the team as a specialist batsman cum wicket-keeper at a time when Bangladesh had to leave ... Read more