Bangladesh fell agonisingly short of a unlikely win in their practice match against the Sri Lanka Board President's XI, losing by two runs at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground.

Voting in the two-day annual election to Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for its 14 executive posts, including that of president and secretary, begins.

Veteran archer Emdadul Haque Milon was eliminated from the first round of the Asia Cup Archery World Ranking tournament in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday.

Abahani clinched the title of the women's team event in the Federation Cup Table Tennis Tournament with a straight sets (3-0) win over Bangladesh Army at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium yesterday.

Fourteen months after the completion of the last players' transfers of the Premier Division Hockey League, the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) is seemingly reluctant to declare the players' transfers for the upcoming season, leaving another season at risk of disappearing from the calendar.

Bangladesh's historic Test victory in Sri Lanka should encourage more teams to find space in their schedules to play the fast-improving minnows, according to the head of the country's cricket board.

Bangladesh team will depart for Myanmar on Friday to take part in the Asian Youth Boys' Volleyball Championship which will be held in Naypyidaw from 28 March to 5 April.

When recalling Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup triumph, the bearded, bespectacled Asankha Gurusinha will probably not be the first name that comes to mind. But Sri Lanka's current strategic consultant was the sixth-highest scorer in the tournament and the second-highest for his team after Aravinda de Silva.

Things were getting a little too close for comfort in the morning session. Nearly 50 minutes had passed and Sri Lanka's lead had grown to 190.

Tamim Iqbal, the man-of-the-match in Bangladesh’s historic four-wicket win in the second Test match against Sri Lanka today, said the 259-run defeat in the first Test in Galle worked as an impetus for their win in Colombo.

History is made at Colombo’s P Sara Oval today when Bangladesh win their centenary Test by four wickets and level the 2-match series at 1-1.

The lack of Hot Spot and Ultra Edge had cost Bangladesh once in Sri Lanka's first innings when centurion Dinesh Chandimal was batting.

The umpiring in the Colombo Test has not always been straightforward, but the last ball yesterday and umpire Aleem Dar's reaction to it resulted in some confusion and could be said to have cost Bangladesh a review.

The 6th GPH Golf Tournament ended at the Bhatiary Golf and Country Club in Chittagong on Friday.

The two-day players' transfer for the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League concluded at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Azmir Ahmed slammed an unbeaten hundred as BCB Green defeated BCB Red by 43 runs following the D/L method in the side's second practice match for the Emerging Teams Asia Cup at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium yesterday.

When he showed brilliant anticipation to take two steps to his right as Sri Lanka’s keeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella got down on one knee to sweep Shakib Al Hasan in the 60th over and then pouched the deflection off the bat to send his opposite number on his way, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim became the 41st wicketkeeper in Test history and the first Bangladesh wicketkeeper to reach 100 Test dismissals.

Former Bangladesh Under-19 pacer Mohammad Saifuddin and fast bowler Abul Hasan will fly out to Colombo tomorrow to take part in the one-day warm-up game on March 22 ahead of the limited-overs leg of Bangladesh’s tour of Sri Lanka, which starts with the first ODI on March 25 in Dambulla.

Bangladesh ODI and T20I captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza along with three members of ODI squad for the Sri Lanka series left for Colombo from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka today.

Sri Lanka reached 268 for 8 in 100 overs and led Bangladesh by 139 runs in their second innings when the umpires called stumps on day-4 of the second Test of the series at Colombo’s P Sara Oval today.