DHAKA: Australia slipped to a fourth successive Test defeat as South Africa won the opening Test of their three-match series by 177 runs in Perth. Set a notional 539, the hosts were bowled out for 361 in the extended second session on the final day thanks to 21-year-old pace bowler

DHAKA: Bangladesh basking in glory from the historic win against touring England has announced a 22-member preliminary squad for the tour to New Zealand. Team tigers will play tests, ODIs and T20s against them. While most of the players chosen are an automatic choice, omission of

DHAKA: Britain’s Andy Murray is one win from becoming world number one following Novak Djokovic’s surprise defeat by Marin Cilic at the Paris Masters. Djokovic needed to reach the final to retain the top ranking but lost 6-4 7-6 (7-2) to Cilic in the quarter-finals. Second seed

DHAKA: The fourth edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a franchise-based T20 cricket league, has been postponed for a couple of days due to inclement weather across the country as a depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified. The tournament is scheduled to be resumed on

FROM MIRPUR: The second day match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2016 fourth edition between Barisal Bulls-Chittagong Vikings has been called off due to excessive rain. The referees made the declaration around 4:10pm Saturday (November 5). It has been drizzling from the morning

DHAKA: All-rounder Sakib-Al-Hasan and opener Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh Cricket Team visited Ganabhaban at the invitation of Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on her grandson’s birthday party. The two star Bangladesh cricketers accompanied by their wives and children attended the birthday

FROM MIRPUR: The opening match and second match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) fourth edition has been called off due to persisting rain of the city. The umpires called off the first match between Comilla Victorians and Rajshahi Kings at 4:50pm on Friday (November 4) at

DHAKA: Fifa has opened disciplinary proceedings over the Republic of Ireland’s use of a logo to commemorate the centenary of the Easter Rising. The Republic’s players had the years 1916-2016 on their shirts during a friendly against Switzerland in March. Fifa’s decision comes

DHAKA: In the absence of an MoU between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for the upcoming five-Test series between India and England, the BCCI has requested the visiting England cricket team to pay from their pocket for their

DHAKA: Abul Khair Steel has gained the right of Title Sponsor the 4th edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a franchise-based T20 league. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury, BPL governing body member secretary Ismail Haider Mallick and Abul Khair Group

DHAKA: Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina directed local administration to build a house for Bangladesh National Cricket Team all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz. The instruction has already been sent to Khulna district administration, PM’s deputy press secretary Ashraful Alam Khokon told

DHAKA: Team tigers glorified Bangladesh once again. Mushfique squad with an epic test match win at its den Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka over strong England loudly announced its presence in world cricket. Bangladesh added another feather in its crown. 9th ranked

DHAKA: England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been fined 15 percent of his match fees for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the second and final test against host Bangladesh on Sunday (October 31). The incident happened during the morning session’s play on third day, Sunday, when

DHAKA: Visiting England captain Alastair Cook commented that people need to come here and play cricket in Bangladesh. He made the comment after Bangladesh’s win by 108-run against the English at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday (October 30). “I’m

DHAKA: Bangladesh beat England by 108 runs in the second Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. England lost all wickets to score 164 to chase the Bangladesh-set 273-run target. Mehedi Hasan Miraz bagged six wickets again while Shakib Al Hasan took

DHAKA: England are chasing Bangladesh-set 273-run target to win over Bangladesh in the second Test. The host earlier lost all wickets to score 296 in their second innings on day-3 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. Like the first innings, opening batsman Tamim

DHAKA: Commander Abdul Gani of Bangladesh Navy participated at the 3rd Asian Masters Squash Tournament recently held in Dalian of China. Emerged as Runner Up, Abdul Gani is also a member of the Bangladesh Squash Federation and a regular participant at local national level tournaments.

DHAKA: Bangladesh resumed the third day on a lead of 128 with seven wickets to spare in the second Test against England on Sunday morning (October 30). The host, earlier on Saturday (October 29), scored 152 for three at stumps on day-2 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in

DHAKA: Gonzalo Higuaín scored in his first match against Napoli since their bitter divorce in July to give his new club Juventus a barely-deserved win in their Serie A showdown on Saturday. The Argentinian, who scored a record 36 league goals for Napoli last season, drilled the ball

DHAKA: Bangladesh took a 128-run lead against the visiting England at stumps on day-2 in their second innings of the second test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Saturday (October 29). Like the first innings, opening batsman Tamim Iqbal build up base making 40 runs before