Bangladesh

Anamul leaves for Lahore

Opener Anamul Haque left for Lahore yesterday to take part in the final of the Pakistan Super League.
4 March 2017, 18:00 PM

BSJA votes in new office bearers

Syed Saidur Rahman Shamim of Channel I has been elected president of the Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association (BSJA).
4 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Comfit outplay Interstoff

Comfit Composite Knit Ltd thrashed Interstoff Group 9-0, thanks to a four-goal haul from Piyash, in one of the two matches of the BGMEA Cup yesterday, said a press release from the organisation.
4 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Waugh blasts 'negative Kohli'

Former Australia Test batsman and current national selector Mark Waugh has labelled Virat Kohli's dismissal on day one in Bengaluru as a “brain fade”.
4 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Imrul to go to SL for 2nd Test

Open Imrul Kayes received the green signal from the selectors to join the national team in Sri Lanka, but the left-hander will still play the sixth and final round of the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) which begins at the BKSP and Fatullah today.
4 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Hockey: There’s no reason for Malaysia to fail in Dhaka tournament

As the highest-ranked side in the World Hockey League Round Two tournament, Malaysia should win it hands down, right?
4 March 2017, 08:27 AM

Lyon grabs eight wickets as India are dismissed for 189

Off-spinner Nathan Lyon claimed a career-best haul of eight wickets to help Australia bowl out India for a paltry 189 and take opening day honours in the second Test in Bangalore on Saturday.
4 March 2017, 06:34 AM

Du Plessis guides South Africa to series win over New Zealand

Faf du Plessis made a successful review of an lbw decision against him before guiding South Africa to a series-clinching six-wicket victory in the fifth and final one-dayer against New Zealand at Eden Park on Saturday.
4 March 2017, 05:24 AM

Bangladesh Cricket: Tigers and Hathurusingha hunt Sri Lanka

Onetime discarded coach, Chandika Hathurusingha has returned to the land that evicted him from a possible coaching job this time fully armed with a rising band of cricketers and waiting to settle an old score.
4 March 2017, 02:57 AM

Morgan century leads England to 45-run win

Eoin Morgan’s 10th one-day international century provided the batting foundation while seamers Liam Plunkett and Chris Woakes took four wickets each as England defeated the West Indies by 45 runs in the series opener on Friday.
3 March 2017, 23:13 PM

Last session fireworks take SLBP XI past Tigers

Explosive batting from centurion Dinesh Chandimal and number nine batsman Chamika Karunaratne elevates Sri Lanka Board President's XI to 403 for seven as Bangladesh's tour-opening two-day warm-up ends in a draw
3 March 2017, 06:57 AM

Patel, Neesham recalled to New Zealand Test side

Off-spinner Jeetan Patel's ability to turn the ball away from lefthanded batsmen has earned him a recall to New Zealand's squad for the first Test against South Africa next week.
3 March 2017, 05:21 AM

Football: Qatar population booms on back of 2022 World Cup

Qatar's population has swollen by almost 40 per cent since the emirate was chosen to the host the 2022 World Cup, official government figures have revealed.
3 March 2017, 03:51 AM

India will fight back hard: Sachin

Sachin Tendulkar expects India to hit back hard in the second Test against Australia beginning Saturday in Bangalore after their shock defeat in the opening encounter.
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Decision on Anamul's PSL trip pending

Out-of-favour national opener Anamul Haque expressed his desire to play in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) final as he considered it a good opportunity for him.
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Brathwaite, Stokes face off again

Carlos Brathwaite and Ben Stokes face off on Friday for the first time since the giant West Indian clubbed four successive sixes off the fiery Englishman to help win last year's World Twenty20.
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Batsmen start in fine fettle

Initially the bowlers got some swing but Tamim Iqbal and Mominul Haque played sensibly; they took time to settle down in the middle after Soumya Sarkar was out fishing outside off stump.
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM

BGMEA building demolition: SC adjourns review plea hearing

The Supreme Court adjourns the hearing until March 5 on a review petition filed against its order for demolishing the 15-storey “BGMEA Complex” located in Hatirjheel lake in Dhaka.
2 March 2017, 12:58 PM

Chittagong Open this month

After hosting the BTI Open in Kurmitola, Bangladesh is going to host another Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) event later this month.
1 March 2017, 18:00 PM

BHF names 18-man squad as team beat Ghana

Bangladesh beat Ghana 1-0 in the third and final preparation match yesterday as the game's governing body shored up preparations for hosting the Hockey World League (Round 2) to be held in Dhaka from March 4 to 12.
1 March 2017, 18:00 PM