DHAKA: If all goes as per plan, the Kolkata Test between India and Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens could see the Prime Ministers of the two countries in attendance.  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina have been invited for the Test which

DHAKA: The BCCI president-elect, Sourav Ganguly, on Thursday spoke on the possibility of the resumption of India-Pakistan bilateral ties, saying the idea needs an approval from Prime Minister of both the countries, NDTV reported. Sourav Ganguly is set to become the president of the

DHAKA: A total of 11 Bangladeshi cricketers, including Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, registered their name for the draft of ‘The Hundred’ tournament, slated for July-August 2020. The long list of overseas players includes 11 Bangladeshi cricketers enrolled for the players’

Cristiano Ronaldo reached a career landmark on Monday by scoring his 700th career goal in Portugal's Euro 2020 qualifier at Ukraine. The 34-year-old scored a penalty as Portugal lost 2-1. His 700 goals so far have come from 973 matches - and he has scored at least once in 458 of

DHAKA: In a dramatic turn of events, former captain Sourav Ganguly emerged as consensus candidate to be BCCI's new President after Brijesh Patel appeared to have grabbed the coveted post.  Union Home Minister Amit Shah's son Jay Shah will be the new secretary while Arun Dhumal

DHAKA:  In the fifth and final match of the series, the Bangladesh Under-19 achieved a big win against New Zealand youths at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln Sunday (Oct 13).  As a result, team of Akbar-Shariful is returning to the country with the joy of winning the series 4-1.

Eliud Kipchoge has become the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours, beating the mark by 20 seconds. The Kenyan, 34, covered the 26.2 miles (42.2km) in one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds in the Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Vienna, Austria on Saturday. It will not be recognised

In absence of frequent traditional Indo Pakistan cricket derby for regional geo politics, Bangladesh –India cricket crusade is now developing into traditional international contest like Ashes or Trans- Tasman war. Off course Bangladesh ranks far below India in ICC ranking in all formats

DHAKA: Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, will make visit to Bangladesh on October 16 (Wednesday) evening at the invitation of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). Abu Nayeem Sohag, General Secretary of the BFF, on Friday told Banglanews that the chief of the FIFA governing body

DHAKA: Ousmane Dembele won't be available for Barcelona's Clasico with Real Madrid on October 26. The competition committee have confirmed this Wednesday morning that the Frenchman's suspension will be for two games, which means he will miss the matches against Eibar and

DHAKA: Argentina national football team will visit Dhaka in November to play Paraguay with star man Lionel Messi back from suspension. The two time world champions will be travelling to Asia next month, according to Mundo Albiceleste, a leading news portal on Argentine football.

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday (Oct 07) announced Walton Group as the title sponsor for the next three seasons of the National Cricket League.  Walton was handed the rights in a press meet held at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka Monday. 

DHAKA: Britain's Andy Murray continued his singles comeback with a first-round win over Argentina's Juan Ignacio Londero at the Shanghai Open. Murray, competing after accepting a wildcard, lost the opening set before recovering to win 2-6 6-2 6-3. "I got better as the match

DHAKA: Six Bangladeshi cricketers, including star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and opener Tamim Iqbal, are among the 165 overseas players to have registered for the inaugural draft of The Hundred. The first handful of overseas stars who have signed up for the tournament were released on

Luis Suarez scored a fine double as Barcelona came from behind to beat Inter Milan in the Champions League. Lautaro Martinez gave Antonio Conte's Inter a deserved lead and went close to a second, with Marc-Andre ter Stegen expertly keeping out his header. Suarez levelled with a

DHAKA: Singapore scripted history as they defeated Zimbabwe by four runs to register their maiden win against an ICC full member nation. The match was curtailed to 18-overs per side after rain played spoilsport before the clash on Sunday, reports cricketcountry.com Batting first,

DHAKA: Bangladesh under-19s clinched a six-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first Youth ODI at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln, New Zealand on Sunday (Sep 29). Earlier, NZ youths have won the toss and elected to bat first early in the morning. Then, Bangladesh bundled out

DHAKA: Australia has confirmed its two overseas test matches in Bangladesh in June-July 2020. Cricket Australia's head of cricket operations Peter Roach confirmed it saying "We are delighted to be touring Bangladesh in June 2020.  "The two boards felt this was a more beneficial

DHAKA: Bangladesh through to final of SAFF under-18 championship with a 3-0 draw against Nepal at the APF Stadium in Kathmandu on Friday (September 27). Bhutanese have not been able to defeat Andrew Peter Turner's team who has played offensive football since the very beginning.

The King of football Pele is likely to visit Bangladesh in October to watch a friendship match between Swadhin Bangla Football Team & Friends & Footy Hags Team & Friends, slating for next month.  Ashikur Rahman, the captain of the Footy Hugs Team and Friends and also chairman of the