DHAKA: UK-based British newspaper The Guardian has included Bangladesh Test Captain Shakib Al Hasan and batsman-wicket keeper Mushfiqur Rahim in the best Test squad for the year 2017. The news outlet published their best XI, a yearly selection, on their news web Tuesday (December 26).

DHAKA: Bangladesh won the 2017 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-15 Women's Championship by beating neighboring India with 1-0 goal.  The 2017 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship was the 1st ever edition of the SAFF U-15 Women's Championship, an international football

DHAKA: Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has been ruled out of the fourth Ashes Test with a heel injury while England paceman Craig Overton will also miss the match in Melbourne with a fractured rib, reports ESPN. Starc first donned the baggy green in 2011. The express paceman has

Having watched English Lions in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth it gives us strong feelings that they are now on the brink of an inevitable Kangaroo wash.  English batsmen can not decode the mysteries of Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins and Lyon. Neither Anderson, Broad nor Moeen Ali set

NARAIL: Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, the Bangladeshi international cricketer and current captain of Bangladesh Cricket Team, visited Narail on Wednesday (December 20) to hand over an ambulance for people of the district.   He handed over the ambulance to authorities of the Narail Express

DHAKA: Steve Smith has broken a long-standing world record during his incredible double century on day three at the WACA ground in Perth, reports AU Sports.   The Australian captain has officially staked his claim as the best batsman since Bradman with his highest Test score against an

DHAKA: Real Madrid beats Grêmio 1-0 to win the FIFA Club World Cup for a third time, matching Barcelona's record – and took their tally of intercontinental titles to six, reports UEFA. The 2017 Club World Cup final between Madrid and Brazilian side Grêmio knotted at 0-0 in the

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan played the first game in T10 League in Sharjah Thursday (December 14) where his team Kerala Kings sealed win defeating the Bengal Tigers by eight wickets. Shakib bowled only one over and gave five runs. Tigers, led by Sarfraz

DHAKA: Dr Monirul Amin, a physician of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), died at Square Hospital in Dhaka Thursday (December 14). He breathed his last following cardinal problems. He was 46. BCB, in a message, expressed profound shock at the premature death of Monirul. The highest

DHAKA: Rangpur Riders’ Australian Coach Tom Moody lauded his team captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza after confirming the title of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) season V. “Great pleasure to work alongside this top man, Mashrafe Mortaza”, Tom tweeted alongside posting a photo with

DHAKA: Rangpur Riders batting giant T20 Cricket sensation Chris Gayle proclaimed himself as the ‘boss’ of the shorter format of cricket, after leading his team to grip the maiden title of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Exhibiting the one-army-show by scoring individual 146-run

DHAKA: Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2017 Champion Rangpur Riders Captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza revealed how his team has won the 5th BPL title overcoming frustrations in Group phase of the tournament. No extraordinary trick, but the Riders were given full liberty to follow their own

What a dream coming true? Rangpur Riders won the trophy in BPL for the first time. Majestic Mashrafe the charismatic cricketer leading the Rangpur Riders in the fifth version BPL lifted the trophy one more making it his fourth individual in 5 versions.  Earlier he won it for Dhaka

A team of Mashrafe, Rangpur Riders beat Dhaka Dynamites by 57 runs in the final match of the Bangladesh Premier League 2017 on Tuesday (Dec 12). With this victory, Rangpur Riders becomes the champions of BPL 2017.   BDST: 2150 HRS, DEC 12, 2017 AP

We find no logic now in axing captaincy of Mushfiqur Rahim from test cricket. We also got shocked and surprised the manner the most unceremonious way the most successful test captain was removed. Even BCB President sounded silly when he announced it. The controversial former head coach

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appointed all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in place of Mushfiqur Rahim, also known as Mister Dependable, who was the captain of the test squad for six years. Moreover, Mahmudullah Riyad has been made vice-captain, replacing previous vice-captain

DHAKA: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi to win the Ballon d'Or award for the fifth time - and the second year in a row, reports BBC. Victory took the 32-year-old Portugal international level with 30-year-old Argentine Messi, who won the most

DHAKA: Richard Pybus, an English-born cricket coach, who earlier served for a short stint as the head coach of Bangladesh cricket team, is scheduled to arrive here for an interview for the post of ‘head coach’. He also served as the Director of Cricket for the West Indies Cricket

DHAKA: Brazilian striker Robson de Souza, known as Robinho, said that he will take "all the legal provisions" after being sentenced to nine years prison by the Italian justice system for allegedly participating in a gang rape in 2013, reports Egypt Today. The footballer categorically

DHAKA: Dhaka Dynamites Captain Shakib Al Hasan has been fined half of his one match fee for breaching the code of conduct of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) during the match against Comilla Victorians.  Besides, the ace-all-rounder has been awarded three demerit points as punishment.