Anisur Rahman

Shahidul Islam was only 10 when his mother died and his father remarried. He left his village in Shariatpur soon afterwards and came to Dhaka with his elder sister in 1992.

Arambagh KS, situated at the Club para of Motijheel, turned into a festive place yesterday for residents of the locality after the team made history on Saturday night by winning their first major trophy at top-flight football since the club's establishment in 1958.

Once this stadium was a basic concrete structure made seat as many spectators as possible. Yet, over the years, it has played the role

Abahani confirmed their sixth title of the Bangladesh Premier League with a game in hand following a 2-0 victory over fellow title-

For any sport to thrive, the root-level organizations like clubs, services teams and districts generally play the vital roles. These are the

Both the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and the Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) want the women's national football team

It was not too long ago that coach Golam Rabbani Choton called on goalkeepers Rashida Akter and Irin Khatun to form a national U-

Exactly one year ago on this day the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) unveiled its four-year calendar, terming it football's

The Budget Committee of the Hero Asia Cup hockey tournament has recently sought explanations from five to six subcommittees for either excessive expenditure or incongruence of the estimated budgets.

The Asia Cup Hockey is done and dusted and India quite predictably retained the title in a country where they famously fell short of

Having trained hard for the past three months, hosts Bangladesh hope to make a good first impression in this edition of the Hero Asia

It started disappointingly for Bangladesh when they suffered a 9-0 defeat against North Korea in their opening fixture of the AFC U-16

It seems the mood in the Bangladesh camp returned to normal having put up a brave performance against three-

Bangladesh put up a much improved performance against Japan but ultimately suffered a 3-0 defeat, which is a reasonable margin

After a morale-shattering 9-0 drubbing by North Korea in their opening AFC U-16 Women's Championship game on Monday the

Bangladesh Football Federation technical and strategic director Paul Smalley yesterday defended the decision to hold a training session

It was only thirteen years ago that a section of fundamentalist zealots under the banner of Islamic Oikya Andalan threatened to spoil

Even though there is not much razzmatazz regarding the final round of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, which starts today in Thailand's coastal city of Chonburi, the importance of this tournament can hardly be overemphasised.

The beautiful sunny August morning in the beach town meant very little to the hundreds of starving men, women and children in worn-out clothes near the borders. They have fled their homes in Myanmar as security forces set their homes on fire, drive them away or simply shoot at them. Crossing the border to Bangladesh, they now want to find food and shelter.

Helpless and hapless.