Reaction / Keep politics away from Family Card
16 August 2026
Piloting of the Family Card Programme, a massive initiative of the newly elected BNP government to streamline the weak social safety net, has passed with little or no controversy
16 August 2026
A surreal series victory
3 September 2024
It still feels surreal that Bangladesh have won their first-ever Test series against Pakistan 2-0 and that too on Pakistan soil.
3 September 2024
A statement victory for Tigers
26 August 2024
There are so many heroes in Bangladesh’s first-ever Test win against Pakistan after 13 unsuccessful attempts. The only occasion the Tigers came close to winning before this was in Multan in 2003 when a portly Inzamamul Haq robbed them with an unbeaten 138 in the second innings, with Pakistan winning by one wicket.
26 August 2024
Blame the circus around Shahadat
28 November 2023
With only 2.2 overs left before the Tea break on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand, Bangladesh were on the verge of going for a satisfying recess with an impressive score of 180-2 on the board.
28 November 2023
Can Aussies deny rampant India of home glory?
18 November 2023
It will be a cup for India to lose when the grand final of the 2023 World Cup is staged at the imposing Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad today.
18 November 2023
Can Black Caps derail the Indian juggernaut?
14 November 2023
As a perfect India team appear in the first semifinal of the 2023 World Cup against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai today, a pertinent question would be if the Black Caps have any magic left in their tank to stop the rampant hosts from taking a bold step closer to winning the coveted trophy for a third time.
14 November 2023
BCB cannot just sit on WC debacle
12 November 2023
Bangladesh cricket team returned home yesterday after a disastrous World Cup campaign in India where they were eliminated from the group stage with seven defeats against only two wins.
12 November 2023
Shakib not winning any hearts
6 November 2023
You simply cannot keep Shakib Al Hasan away from controversy.
6 November 2023
Will the BCB take responsibility?
Criticism has been so overflowing after a forgettable performance by Bangladesh in the ongoing T20 World Cup that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is also feeling the heat along with players and officials.
6 November 2021
Conventional wisdom spells Tigers’ downfall
When Bangladesh posted an impressive 171 for four against Sri Lanka in their opening Super 12 game of the ICC T20 World Cup in Sharjah, not many thought they were going to lose the game so badly.
24 October 2021
Time to play with freedom
After a convincing victory against Papua New Guinea that paved the way for Bangladesh’s passage into the Super 12s of the ICC T20 World Cup, premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan said that the Tigers will now be able to play with more freedom.
23 October 2021
Mushfiqur needs just one good knock
As Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup campaign begins in earnest today, the Tigers will look to quickly resolve some disconcerting issues within the team instead of looking too much at their lightweight opponents in the first round of the competition – known as qualifiers for the Super 12.
16 October 2021
A Year of Pandemic: Country on recovery trail
One year on, Bangladesh is well and truly on the recovery trail from the deep impacts the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on life and livelihood.
7 March 2021
Test of application failed
When Bangladesh’s off-spin-bowling all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz was hitting those boundaries on the fourth evening at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur to endanger a West Indies victory, his efforts appeared more like damage limitation than a serious statement.
16 February 2021
Death of a man, not his legend
As we were travelling to St Petersburg from Moscow by train while covering the 2018 World Cup in Russia, one inquisitive Argentine reporter asked why his country has such frenzied fan following in Bangladesh. The response was plain and simple. It’s because of Diego Maradona.
25 November 2020
Badal Roy leaves a legacy
Badal Roy is no more. One of biggest icons of the country’s football history, Roy died at a city hospital yesterday. He was 62.
22 November 2020
He should have opted for harmony
Bangladesh’s most celebrated cricketer Shakib Al Hasan has been in the news recently, and not in the sports pages.
20 November 2020
A bastion of sporting courage
Referee Abdul Aziz died on Tuesday afternoon. He was suffering from multiple diseases. He was 68.
28 October 2020
News Analysis: They don’t deserve it
The government’s decision to shut all state-run jute mills could not have come at a more inopportune time for the barely surviving workers in this sector.
3 July 2020
A transcendent triumph
I have never considered myself a passionate Liverpool fan, although my colleagues and friends think otherwise.
26 June 2020
Victims of denial
Healthcare facilities by definition are supposed to treat each and every patient seeking their services.
20 May 2020
BATTLING COVID-19: Are we leaving too much to chance?
In a desperate attempt to get the economy back on track, the government has reopened factories that remained closed for around a month in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
5 May 2020
A show of disrespect
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan’s antics during press briefings have been well-advertised, but the BCB boss probably violated the very essence of the game -- respect -- while taking a swipe at Mushfiqur Rahim’s decision to skip the Pakistan tour.
26 February 2020
Hassan’s evasion not the solution
Bangladesh lost their first-ever Test series in India 2-0. It was not unexpected. They lost both games inside three days, each by an innings. That too was not unexpected.
24 November 2019
Will the rest learn the lesson?
Let’s face facts first: Bangladesh cricket’s biggest icon ever, Shakib Al Hasan, has been banned by the game’s governing body for two years for not reporting a bookie’s approach on three separate occasions.
29 October 2019
Fans’ belief reawakened
Football has always been closer to the hearts of fans than any other sport in Bangladesh.
Perhaps many will not buy this eulogy at a time when cricket is head and shoulders ahead in terms of popularity and success on the international front.
16 October 2019
England’s flamboyance or Kiwis’ calm?
After more than a month’s excitement and drama, peppered with plots and sub-plots, rain interruptions, near-misses, heartbreaks of close defeats and a number of individual and team records, the World Cup has produced two worthy finalists in hosts England and New Zealand.
13 July 2019
Let the emotional override subside
Bangladesh’s World Cup ended with a crushing defeat against Pakistan at Lord’s on Friday. It was an anticlimactic finish to an otherwise fantastic run by the Tigers in the showpiece event that had started brilliantly for them with a fabulous victory against South Africa
6 July 2019