The 38th National Cycling Championship got underway at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday after a three-year gap with 220 cyclists from 18 teams vying in 22 events.

Border Guard Bangladesh became champions in men's section while Bangladesh Ansar and Bangladesh Army emerged joint champions in women's section of the Walton Independence Day Wrestling Tournament at Sheikh Russel Roller Skating Complex in Paltan yesterday.

After a two-year hiatus, the 35th Men's and 12th Women's National Weightlifting Championships got underway yesterday at the National Sports Council (NSC) Gymnasium amid mixed reaction from the participating weightlifters.

Bangladesh Government has decided to appoint Rear Admiral Akhtar Habib as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Maldives, according to a foreign ministry announcement.

Durreen Shahnaz, a social entrepreneur from Bangladesh, has won the Oslo Business for Peace Award 2017 for her commitment to promoting an evolved form of capitalism.

In a latest reshuffle in the police administration, the home ministry has transferred three deputy inspectors general (DIG) of Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna.

The High Court directs the health ministry to obtain a report from the experts of three international organisations about public health risk from radiation emitted from mobile phone towers set up in different areas across the country.

Actor and producer Mizu Ahmed dies of cardiac arrest in Dhaka. He was 63.

Bangladesh defeated Hong Kong by 8 wickets during their first match of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2017 tournament at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium, Cox's Bazar today.

The National Teams Committee (NTC) is seemingly hesitant to confirm the head coach of the national football team as the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) are yet to declare the schedule of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup.

Bangladesh Police clinched both the men's and women's titles of Walton Independence Cup Handball Tournament at the Shaheed Captain M Masur Ali Handball Stadium yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges those wasting their lives in suicide attacks to return to the right path.

Islamic State (IS) reportedly claims the responsibility for the bomb blasts near a militant den in Sylhet city's Shibbari that killed at least three people and injured many.

The IFIC Bank National Beach Volleyball Championship will be held at the Sugandha Point of Cox's Bazar from March 29 to April 3, informed organisers at a press conference at the National Volleyball Stadium in Paltan yesterday.

Bangladesh women's team won the silver medal in the compound event of the Asia Cup Archery's World Ranking Tournament in Bangkok yesterday, said a press release from the Bangladesh Archery Federation.

Bangladesh is observing the “Genocide Day” for the first time, marking the brutality carried out by Pakistani Army on the unarmed Bangalis on the black night of March 25, 1971.

Islamic State claims the responsibility of bomb blast near a police box in front of Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, says SITE Intelligence.

A man, aged around 30, dies when a bomb attached to his body explodes near a police box in front of Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, police say.

Shashank Manohar has deferred his resignation as chairman of the International Cricket Council and will continue in the post until administrative reforms of the governing body is complete, the ICC said on Friday.

Bangladesh Garment Workers’ Front labels April 24, the day of the Rana Plaza disaster, as “National Garment Workers’ Mourning Day”.