DHAKA: Tamim Iqbal and Shadman Islam have shared a record partnership, scoring  50+ opening stand in three consecutive innings against New Zealand in their first two Tests of ongoing three-match series.  Bangladesh found a solid opening partner for Tamim as he partnered with Shadman

Bangladesh scored 211 runs by losing all wickets in 61 overs in their 1st innings of second Test against New Zealand in Basin Reserve of Wellington. Tamim Iqbal made his 27th half-century in Test. New Zealand left-arm enforcer Neil Wagner ended with figures of 4-28 off 13 overs and

DHAKA: Bangladesh football team defeated Cambodia 1-0 in the one-off international friendly played in Cambodian capital city Phnom Penh Saturday (Mar 9).  Robiul Hasan pierced the Cambodian net with the lone goal at 83rd minute. A 23-men squad of Bangladesh booters, led by Coach

Argentina football legend Diego Maradona is to acknowledge paternity of three Cuban children, his lawyer says. This means the 58-year-old World Cup winner, who once denied any children other than with his former wife, is now the official father of eight children. Maradona will

The second day in a row of the second Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand was called off without even the toss taking place at the Basin Reserve Stadium in Wellington on Saturday (March 9). With more showers forecast on day three on Sunday, play is scheduled to get under way 30

DHAKA: Heavy rain has washed out all of the first day's play between Bangladesh and New Zealand in their second Test in Wellington. The umpires called off play at 3:09 pm - roughly half an hour before the scheduled tea break. None of the players from either side turned up at the

Football is set to change from June 1, 2019, with an IFAB meeting deciding on the rules that will be altered from the summer onwards. Some are minor, while others are a lot more dramatic. Here, we take a look at the major five changes. 1. There will be no rebounds from penalties

DHAKA: Bangladesh national football team left here Wednesday (Mar 6) for Cambodia to play a friendly ending five-month absence from any international match.  A Thai Airlines flight, carrying the 23-men squad led by Coach Jamie Day, took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport

DHAKA: Mushfiqur Rahim is unlikely to return to the Bangladesh side for the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington, slated to begin from Friday (March 8). He has been suffering from a wrist injury, as well as a flare-up of a rib problem since the beginning of New Zealand tour,

Cricket is set for a return at the Asian Games after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Sunday included it in the sports programme for the 2022 edition in Hangzhou. The decision was taken at the OCA’s General Assembly in Bangkok. “Yes, cricket has been included in the sports

DHAKA: Bangladesh lost the first Test of three-Test series against New Zealand by an innings and 51 runs in Hamilton. Somya Sarkar and Mahmudullah Riyad couldn’t even come into rescue by their heavy tons. On day-4, Bangladesh started the second innings with 174 runs of 4 wickets

Somya Sarkar recorded his maiden century in Test cricket on day-4 of the Tigers’ first Test against New Zealand. He reached the three figures, making 149 off 171 balls in Hamilton, to touch Tamim Iqbal’s nine-year-old record of fastest Test century.  Somya reached 100 off 94

DHAKA: Bangladesh national hockey team former player Md Mohsin has died while undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical University (BSMMU) on Saturday (Mar 2). He breathed last around 4:30am. He was 71. National sports award winning hockey player Mohsin

DHAKA:  Defeating hosts Myanmar 1-0 goal, Bangladesh moved into the final round in their 2nd Group B Qualifying Round-2 match of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championships. The match began at the Mandalar Thiri Stadium in Mandalay city of Myanmar at 5:30pm (Bangladesh time) on Friday (March

DHAKA: New Zealand, leading Bangladesh by 217 runs, were 451/4 in their first innings at stumps on the second day of the first Test in Hamilton on Friday (March 1). Kiwi lost JA Raval (132), TWM Latham (161), LRPL Taylor (4) and HM Nicholls (53) at  The opening stand put together

Former captain of the Pakistan cricket team Wasim Akram on Wednesday, 27 February, made an appeal to India, saying Pakistan is not its enemy, rather both the countries have a common enemy – terrorism. Amid escalating hostilities between India and Pakistan, Akram took to Twitter with

DHAKA: New Zealand scored 86 runs without any loss in 28 overs.  Bangladesh was whittled out to score 234 runs in 59.2 over in the first innings of the opening Test match against New Zealand in Hamilton Thursday (Feb 28). New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner took five wickets for 47 runs

DHAKA: Bangladesh‘s dashing opening batsman Tamim Iqbal scored his ninth century in Test cricket, during match 1 of the three-match Test series against New Zealand at Hamilton on Thursday (Feb 28).  His ton came off 100 deliveries hitting boundary, hammering a pull in front of

Luis Suárez scored twice, and forced an own goal, as the Catalans stormed into the Copa del Rey final with a 3-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday. Barcelona came to the home of their greatest rivals needing a victory to take them to a record sixth consecutive Copa del Rey

DHAKA: Bangladesh lost all wickets to score 234 runs in 59.2 over on the first day of first Test against New Zealand Thursday (Feb 28). Dashing opener Tamim Iqbal made a brilliant 126 with 21 boundaries and one over boundary. Besides, Liton Das, Shadman Islam Mahmudullah, Mominul