Bangladesh Premier League action returned to the field on Friday as the Dhaka leg started with a decent crowd at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.

The BPL has long been no stranger to controversy, but never on this scale.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) today informed that it has issued a show-cause letter to its director, M Najmul Islam, who made derogatory comments about cricketers last night, and the board hoped that players would ensure the “smooth continuity” of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) as cricketers threatened to boycott all forms of cricket unless the board director resigned.

The rest of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) matches face serious uncertainty following controversial remarks by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director M Najmul Islam, with players issuing an ultimatum demanding his resignation yesterday.

Hasan Nawaz held his nerve with an unbeaten 35 off 36 balls as Chattogram Royals edged past Rajshahi Warriors by two wickets in a low-scoring, last-ball thriller of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Rangpur Rigers, the franchise that boasts the likes of Soumya Sarkar, Rubel Hossain, Shahid Afridi, Gidron Pope, Babr Azam and Mohammad Shahzad in their mix was reported to have offered the captaincy to Boom Boom Afridi, but the Pakistani allrounder expressed his gratitude to the team management and turned down the offer.

Rangpur Riders blow away Sylhet Super Stars by eight wickets with 61 balls remaining in the 24th match of BPL-2015 at Mirpur stadium.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) advertises for the franchise ownership rights of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) for a period of four years from 2015 to 2018.

The Bangladesh Premier League is scheduled to kick off on April 7, an executive committee meeting of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) decides

Ian Pont has spoken out in detail for the first time about his courageous part in an anti-corruption sting operation designed to catch match-fixers in the act, but which has resulted in him facing a long and disturbing struggle to protect his reputation.