When sport opens classroom door
20 February 2026, 09:21 AM
Across Bangladesh, universities have increasingly stepped forward to support athletes through scholarships and quota-based admissions.
20 February 2026, 09:21 AM
Interview / Named after Mashrafe, carving his own path
6 February 2026, 08:00 AM
Grade 12 student Masrafi lit up the recently concluded Senior Division Football League by finishing as the top scorer
6 February 2026, 08:00 AM
Coach-cum-archer outshines regulars at national archery
22 January 2026, 01:04 AM
Aishwarzo topped the field of 27 archers with 708 out of a possible 720.
22 January 2026, 01:04 AM
Following father’s footsteps, expat paddler Zaiyan eyes national spot
13 January 2026, 09:30 AM
Zaiyan is the son of former national-level paddler Shamim Waheed.
13 January 2026, 09:30 AM
Mohammedan’s forever 12th man, Ata Bhai, no more
9 January 2026, 14:30 PM
Woven into the living memory of the club, Ata Bhai's chant has just ended, but it will continue to echo in the gallery he never abandoned.
9 January 2026, 14:30 PM
Interview / Sujan Perera laments BFL ground conditions
7 January 2026, 03:00 AM
Perera spoke to The Daily Star's Anisur Rahman about Fortis' performance, the Bangladesh Football League, his own form, and the recent progress of the Bangladesh and Sri Lanka national teams.
7 January 2026, 03:00 AM
When passion outshone the numbers
2 January 2026, 02:00 AM
The scoreline of the BRAC Bank Oporajeo Alo Women’s Hockey Tournament final suggested a one-sided affair, but the competition itself revealed a much richer story about the state and spirit of women’s hockey in Bangladesh.
2 January 2026, 02:00 AM
A LOOK BACK AT 2025 / A year when hockey carried the flag
30 December 2025, 02:30 AM
In a country where cricket and football command almost every headline, 2025 became the rare year when hockey forced its way into the national conversation. At a time when lesser-known disciplines usually struggle for space, Bangladesh hockey managed to capture attention through performance, organisation and belief -- offering a powerful reminder of the untapped potential that still exists beyond the big two.
30 December 2025, 02:30 AM
Dissolution the only solution to infighting
Asked why their relationship had suddenly deteriorated after running the federation in tandem for nearly six years, Nazimuddin and Intekhabul blamed each other.
20 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Focus shifts to domestic football
Football in the country was set to emerge from the four-and-a-half-month coronavirus-induced slumber last week as national players joined the training camp for the Joint Qualifiers for World Cup and Asian Cup, but FIFA and AFC’s decision on Wednesday to postpone the October-November window has plunged the sport into uncertainty once more.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Virus fears echoed in booters’ reports
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a persistent fear has been that of false negatives -- cases of those infected with the transmissible virus testing negative and being allowed to carry on with their regular lives, risking further infection.
7 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Limited spectators at Afghanistan game?
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will allow its member associations to hold the upcoming Joint Qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup in the presence of full spectators, limited spectators or without spectators amid the coronavirus pandemic.
4 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Uncertainty to remain even after pandemic
After the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) elections in April 2019, there were high hopes that the new leadership would get the Premier Hockey League (PHL) back on track but those fond hopes have proved to be unfounded so far, and the coronavirus pandemic has plunged the league into further uncertainty.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Four newcomers, four different stories
Four new players have secured places in the preliminary squad of the Bangladesh national football team ahead of the Joint Qualifiers of Qatar World Cup and China Asian Cup, and their journeys to drawing the attention of head coach Jamie Day tell varied stories of ascension to the coveted level.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Day seeks a glimpse into booters’ psyche
Footballers have been confined to their respective homes for four months since the coronavirus outbreak in mid-March and players, especially those in the national team, have been adhering strictly to the training schedule set by national team coach Jamie Day following the announcement of the resumption of joint qualifiers for 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup.
22 July 2020, 18:00 PM
More clubs than ever eye slots in AFC Cup amid new reality
While the ongoing 2020 AFC Cup is yet to resume after being suspended in March in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the process of participating in the 2021 edition has already started with the Bangladesh Football Federation asking interest clubs of the Bangladesh Premier League to submit their documents by August 5.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Lifting the new normal’s burden
While athletes from the majority of disciplines are eagerly waiting for the situation to improve so they can get back to formal training, weightlifters across the country are paving the way as they returned to full-fledged training despite the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Medical guidelines ready for national booters
The resumption of the national football team’s activities is gradually becoming a reality as the medical committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday completed their health guidelines in light of FIFA guidelines to resume football activities ahead of October’s World Cup Qualifiers.
9 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Sprinter takes up sickle with eyes on the track
Promising sprinter Al Naim Sheikh has turned into a day labourer, working on agricultural fields in Khulna as his bread and butter has been snatched away by the coronavirus pandemic.
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Athletics coach busy learning and sharing
The coronavirus may have kept sporting activities in the country halted for the last four months, bringing misery to athletes,
5 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Smalley’s extension raises eyebrows
Most of the Bangladesh Football Federation’s (BFF’s) activities, apart from some official work, have remained halted since the government directed all national sports federations, associations and concerned authorities to suspend all events in light of the Covid-19 pandemic in mid-March. During this pandemic,
4 July 2020, 18:00 PM
What about the rest?
Professional football has resumed in different parts of the world in the new normal but it is uncertain when football will recommence in Bangladesh.
2 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Al Amin aiming higher
Karateka Al Amin Islam once used to follow movements and techniques of foreign karatekas, but now he is the one being followed by local karatekas and that is happening after his gold medal haul in the South Asian (SA) Games in Nepal last December.
1 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Local booters seeking solutions for haphazard payments
Although Bangladesh Premier League clubs settled contract issues with foreign recruits in line with the FIFA-prescribed process of reaching mutual understandings, settlement of local players’ contracts have not been completed three-and-a-half months since the halt of the league.
25 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Deserving, but also a little lucky
The recent two-year contract extension of Bangladesh head coach Jamie Day is evidence of the Bangladesh Football Federation’s (BFF’s) satisfaction over the Englishman’s performance with the national team.
22 June 2020, 18:00 PM
‘I felt like a beginner’
Without a bow and arrow for three months because of the coronavirus-induced halt in sports, Bangladesh’s top archer Ruman Sana had begun to feel that he had moved away from the discipline. But the Olympics-qualified archer has once again started feeling at one with the sport after receiving the bow for home practice a few days ago.
21 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Foreign booters still stuck in Dhaka
Even though Bangladesh has resumed international flight operations on a limited scale from Tuesday after three months’ halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, a total of 52 foreign footballers of different clubs are still stuck in the country due to the closure of certain routes.
19 June 2020, 18:00 PM
BAF backtracks over resumption of camp
With the coronavirus situation in the country deteriorating, the Bangladesh Archery Federation (BAF) decided to backtrack on their earlier decision of restarting preparation for Tokyo Olympics from July 1. The federation has instead decided to distribute bows among the national archers to help them practice at home.
15 June 2020, 18:00 PM