BRAHMANBARIA: Former captain of Bangladesh national cricket team Mohammad Ashraful’s farther and also former Union Parishad chairman Abdul Matin was laid to rest Tuesday afternoon (September 20). He was buried after namaz-e-janaza on Hafez Mohammadullah Islamiya Madrasa and Etimkhana

DHAKA: Former captain of Bangladesh national cricket team Mohammad Ashraful’s farther has passed away at Apollo Hospitals in the capital of Bangladesh in the wee hours on Tuesday (September 20). Competent family sources told banglanews that Abdul Matin breathed his last around

DHAKA: English lions are set to arrive in the den of Royal Bengal for epic cricket battle at the end of month. Bengal tigers proved thorn of English rose garden over the past two seasons of ICC World Cup beating them first in Chittagong in 2011 and then knocking them out from World Cup in

DHAKA: English Lions are set to arrive in the den of Royal Bengal at the end of month for epic cricket battle. Bengal tigers proved thorn of English rose garden in the past two world cups beating them first in Chittagong in 2011 and then knocking them out in 2015. That famous win at

DHAKA: The England Cricket Board (ECB) on Friday announced their Test and One Day International (ODI) squads for the much-awaited Bangladesh tour. The 39-year old off-spinner Gareth Batty has been recalled after more than a decade. His latest appearance was also against the Tigers in

DHAKA: England cricket supporters’ organization Barmy Army has joined players Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales in deciding not to tour Bangladesh. The England and Wales Cricket Board announced that captain Morgan and opener Hales had ruled them out of contention for the tour due to

DHAKA: Jos Buttler has spoken of the “honour and privilege” of being appointed as England captain for the one-day series in Bangladesh. He, however, stressed that he regards himself as only a temporary replacement for Eoin Morgan, reports the ecb.co.uk. “It’s an honour and a

DHAKA: Singapore’s first-ever double gold Paralympian has shared an emotional photo of herself celebrating with a veteran team mate who had just won her first medal after four Paralympics. “The world does not need to see my ugly crying face... But the world needs to know how proud

DHAKA: England one-day captain Eoin Morgan and opening batsman Alex Hales have opted out of October’s tour of Bangladesh because of security concerns. Jos Buttler will captain the one-day side, with the one-day and Test squads to be named on Friday, reports the BBC. Meanwhile,

DHAKA: Bangladesh women cricket team’s Rumana became the first player to claim a hat-trick for the country, securing the One Day International (ODI) series in Belfast against Ireland. The leg-spinner’s tremendous bowling made sure Bangladesh to win the second ODI by 10 runs and

DHAKA: Angelique Kerber beat Karolina Pliskova in a thriller, 6-3 4-6 6-4, to win the US Open and claim her second grand slam title of 2016. She already assured of the No. 1 ranking, reports the CNN. The 28-year-old German -- who will rise from second to first in the rankings

DHAKA: The fourth session of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Cricket will begin on November 4 and its player draft on September 30. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the matter to media issuing a press release in this regard. A total of seven teams will participate in the BPL

DHAKA: Rajshahi and Khulna franchises are set to return in the fourth season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a professional Bangladeshi Twenty20 cricket league, scheduled to be held in November. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) source said that they already have ensured owners for

DHAKA: Czech 10th seed Karolina Pliskova outplayed Serena Williams to reach the US Open final and end the American's reign as world number one. Williams, 34, double faulted on match point to lose 6-2 7-6 (7-5) to Pliskova who will face Angelique Kerber or Carolina Wozniacki in the

DHAKA: Ryan Lochte has been banned from competitive swimming for 10 months for falsely claiming he and three American team-mates were robbed at gunpoint during the Rio Olympics. The 32-year-old has been suspended by United States Swimming and the US Olympic Committee until June 30,

DHAKA: Bangladeshi fast bowler Taskin Ahmed and left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny undergone the re-test of their bowling action at Brisbane National Cricket Centre lab in Australia Thursday (September 8). Taskin Ahmed’s re-test was held around 10:00am (Bangladesh Time) and later posted a

DHAKA: Bangladeshi fast bowler Taskin Ahmed has undergone the re-test of his bowling action at Brisbane National Cricket Centre lab in Australia Thursday morning (September 8). He sought blessing from all by posting a photo with a caption “Just finished the exams… waiting for the

DHAKA: Bangladesh fast bowler Taskin Ahmed and left arm spinner Arafat Sunny will leave the country on Monday night (September 5) to appear in a bowling action test at National Cricket Centre lab in Brisbane of Australia. Their tests have been scheduled on September 8. Taskin’s test

DHAKA: Bangladesh qualified for the AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2017 beating Chinese Taipei by 4-2 goals in their group C encounter held on Saturday at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.     In the 11th minute of the match, Taipei took the lead as their captain Su Yu

MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA): After the initial bit of uncertainty, England Cricket team is set to visit Bangladesh to play two tests and three-ODI-match containing much awaited series on schedule. The visit had some concerns of taking place after the terrorist attacks in Dhaka and