Nicholas Pooran has resigned as captain of the West Indies white ball teams following a disastrous showing last month at the T20 World Cup in Australia, Cricket West Indies said Monday,

Although the score-line at the end of game reads 2-0, the Netherlands had left things late to earn a hard-fought victory against Senegal in the two Group A teams’ World Cup opener at the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha on Monday.

England struck three goals on either side of interval to earn a comprehensive 6-2 victory in their World Cup Group B opener against Iran at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on Monday.

England netted three goals within 10 minutes before interval against Iran in the two Group B teams' World Cup opener in Doha on Monday.

With India set to arrive in Bangladesh on December 01 to take part in an ODI and Test series against the Tigers, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) are considering the possibility of shifting the third and final ODI of the series from Dhaka to Chattogram.  

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Bangladesh Police FC will have to wait for their quarterfinal berths of Independence Cup after they were held by Rahmatganj MFS and BFF Elite Academy in their respective Group D encounters at different venues today.

Courtesy of Yasir Ali’s assertive 80, Islami Bank East Zone thrashed last season’s winners Central Zone by 114 runs in the opening day of the 10th Bangladesh Cricket League at BKSP’s ground 3 in Savar yesterday. In the other game at BKSP, skipper Mehedi Hasan Miraz bagged a fifer to get South Zone off to a winning start against Mahmudullah Riyad’s North Zone.

More than 300 children in rebel-held northwest Syria kicked off their own football World Cup on Saturday, with organisers hoping to shine a light on communities battered by 11 years of war.

Eight of Japan's World Cup squad play in the Bundesliga but forward Ritsu Doan said Saturday that friendships are on hold when they meet Germany in their opening game in Qatar.

Bangladesh football team may remain light years away from playing a FIFA World Cup, but the upcoming showpiece event in Qatar has a strong connection to Bangladesh -- regarding the construction of one of the eight World Cup venues this time.  

Bangladesh Bank today formed a Tk 5,000 crore refinance scheme to ensure food security in the country as the banking regulator thinks the world might face a food crisis in the days to come.

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) yesterday froze 230 accounts of several mobile financial service providers as the accountholders were allegedly involved in hundi.

It is 7:00 am in Dubai and as the sun peeks above high-rises, it reveals an animated scene below: about 200 people, mostly men, wielding bats and taped-up tennis balls in a weekly festival of street cricket.

Businesses from Singapore can invest in Bangladesh’s different sectors, including information technology, pharmaceuticals and hospitality, as the south Asian country offers a wide range of facilities to the foreign investors, trade experts said today.

Bangladesh Bank today extended the deferral support for another six months to settle the import orders of industrial raw materials, agricultural equipment and chemical fertilisers.

The Bangladesh Bank today asked banks to provide freelancers with encashment certificates through mobile financial service (MFS) providers so that they can submit the document at the time of income tax payment.

Singaporean bank DBS today announced that it will be expanding its regional footprint with the establishment of a representative office in Dhaka.

Bangladesh is failing to take full advantage of its export potential because of insufficient logistics infrastructure, said Nihad Kabir, chairperson of the Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD).

As the 14th minute came up on the clock at the Krestovsky Stadium in Russia where Argentina were playing a do-or-die World Cup group match against Nigeria in 2018, Messi brought down a laser-guided aerial through ball from Ever Banega with his thigh, and the second touch from Messi was almost instantaneous before a lethal right-footed shot curled away from the goalkeeper’s reach and into the net. The stadium erupted with Messi’s first goal in that World Cup but one man sitting in the arena had a limelight just about as big as the Argentina number 10 on the pitch.

Japanese Miya Tanimitsu struck four goals as Monarch Padma came twice from behind to earn a hard-fought 4-3 win over Rupayan City Cumilla in the Qualifiers-2 of the Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT) at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium today to set final of the event against Acme Chattogram.