In recent times Bengal Tigers in their own backyard hunted both India and South Africa in ODI cricket series.  Mashrafe squad was simply brilliant in winning both the series 2-1. But without any semblance of doubt they are the formidable forces of world cricket and any contest between

DHAKA: A week after Australia called off their tour to Bangladesh citing security concern, former Australia captain Ian Chappell has said he believed the decision might have been a "little different" had a similar situation arisen ahead of a tour to India,”He also said that the ICC

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Team captain Mashrafe Mortaza has been hospitalized with illness early Friday. The number one pacer was admitted to Apollo Hospital with high fever at around 2:30am, said Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Physician Dr Debashish Chowdhury.He has bee diagnosed with

DHAKA: Fifa has provisionally suspended its president Sepp Blatter, secretary general Jerome Valcke and vice-president Michel Platini for 90 days.Former Fifa vice-president Chung Mong-joon has been banned for six years and fined 100,000 Swiss Francs.The punishments were handed out by the

DHAKA: Zimbabwe will visit to Bangladesh to play a two-Test cricket series in November after Australia postponed a planned visit this month due to security concerns. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan on Wednesday said Zimbabwe had agreed to tour that month although no

DHAKA: A Dhaka court placed cricketer Shahadat Hossian Rajib on a three-day remand rejecting his bail petition in the case ‘for torturing domestic help’.After hearing, Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Yusuf Hossian passed the orders on Thursday morning.Earlier, Shahadat was produced

Bengal tigress in the brave tour to Pakistan may have lost all matches must they earned lot of respect and honor from Pakistan cricket community.In cricketing terms this was white wash. But it was not that they were overwhelmed. Excepting the last match they were not outplayed and even

DHAKA:  Bangladesh's Test cricket will complete its 15th year in coming November. After securing Test status, Bangladesh played the first Test against India at Bangabandhu National Stadium in city on November 10 in 2000.Scoring Test century on debut, Aminul Islam Bulbul drew the

DHAKA: Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi criticised Australia's decision to call off their Bangladesh tour citing terrorism fears, saying Monday that while security was paramount tours should "not be cancelled over minor issues".Australia scrapped its two-Test tour of Bangladesh last

DHAKA: Pakistan Cricket Board chief Shaharyar Khan sees a grave danger to world cricket after the manner in which Cricket Australia decided to postpone their tour to Bangladesh for an indefinite period. The PCB boss said that Pakistan would be raising the issue of scheduled bilateral

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday sent cricketer Shahadat Hossain to jail in a case filed on allegation of ‘torturing domestic help’.Earlier in the morning, he surrendered before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court and filed a bail petition.But metropolitan magistrate Yusuf

Pakistan Women Vs Bangladesh Women ODI Match Played at Southern Cricket Stadium Karachi on 4 October 2015 Pakistan Women 214 All Out ( Bismah Maroof 92 ,Nain Abidi 27, Nida Dar 21* , Javira Khan 21 , Salma Khatun 3/ 31) beat Bangladesh Women 194 All Out ( Rumana Ahmed 70 ,Farghana Haq 26,

DHAKA: Real Madrid missed out on the chance to go top of La Liga as Atletico scored late to draw the Madrid derby.Karim Benzema scored an early header from Dani Carvajal's cross and Real goalkeeper Keylor Navas saved Antoine Griezmann's penalty, BBC reported.Gareth Bale, returning after

DHAKA: Shashank Manohar, who was Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president between 2008 and 2011, has been formally elected for a second term at the board's special general meeting (SGM) in Mumbai on Sunday. Manohar's election, which was necessitated by the death last month

DHAKA: Mirpur Model Thana police detained wife of cricketer Shahadat Hossain in a case filed on allegation of ‘torturing housemaid’.Acting of tip off, a team of police picked Jesmin Jahan Nitya from city’s Malibagh area on Saturday midnight.Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Mirpur

Cricket Australia postponed the scheduled visit of Australian Cricket team to Bangladesh on the plea of security alerts they received from ASIO and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The alert stated about terrorists possible attack on Australian interest in Bangladesh. CA

DHAKA: Australia’s Qantas Tour of Bangladesh has officially been postponed due to ‘concerns over player safety’.Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland confirmed on Thursday that the scheduled month-long tour, which was set to get underway with a warm-up match in Fatullah on

DHAKA: Australia's tour of Bangladesh is set to be called off on Thursday. Cricket Australia (CA) is going to officially announce the two-Test series has been abandoned because of security concerns.When contacted, Cricket Australia confirmed the matter to banglanews through an e-mail

DHAKA: Bangladesh will return to the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time since 2006 after the eight sides were confirmed for the 2017 tournament, which will be hosted by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) from June 1 to 18.Bangladesh has replaced the West Indies, which finished

DHAKA: Cricket Australia (CA) has directed its Test squad players to re-join their state squads for training ahead of the Matador Cup as deliberations on the proposed tour of Bangladesh continue.The 15 players lead by new skipper Steve Smith had been expected to fly out on Monday morning