The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has decided to provide a financial incentive of Tk two crore among 1720 men and women cricketers, most of whom are outside the BCB’s existing contract system. However, contracted women cricketers will be eligible for the BCB assistance. The Board’s initiative, taken at the advice of BCB
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ICC rates Kandy pitch as ”below average”
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rated the pitch used in the first Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as "below average." Issuing a press release sent to the media on Wednesday evening, ICC said the venue has received one demerit point under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process as
Najmul hits maiden ton as Tigers take control on 1st day
Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho fired
English giant Tottenham fired its manager Jose Mourinho on Monday after being in charge for only 17 months with youth coach Ryan Mason had been put in charge of training. Mourinho in November 2019 replaced Mauricio Pochettino, who led the London club to the Champions League final before the team collapsed
Pakistani players to get visa for T20 World Cup in India
Pakistani cricketers will get visas for playing in the upcoming T20 World Cup in India next October, BCCI said on Firday. Jay Shah, Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, informed the Apex Council about the government's move on giving visas to Pakistan players, reports PTI. The council also decided
Domingo’s role as head coach under scrutiny
Since Russell Domingo took over as head coach of the Bangladesh cricket team, the Tigers have been performing consistently - consistently poorly, that is. Under his coaching, Bangladesh lost a Test to Afghanistan and suffered a clean sweep in a two-match Test series against understrength West Indies as well. Now,
Weightlifter Mabia wins gold in Bangladesh Games
Country's celebrated weightlifter and SA Games gold medal winning Mabia Akhter Simanta clinched gold with new record in her favourite 64 kgs weight category event of the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games held in Mymensingh District gymnasium on Wednesday. Mabia, a lifter of Bangladesh Ansar, smartly clinched the event's gold medal with
Tokyo Olympic torch relay taken off streets of Osaka
The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will not run through the streets of Osaka prefecture next week because of rising COVID-19 cases. The move is a setback for Tokyo organizers, who began the relay two weeks ago from northeastern Fukushima prefecture with 10,000 runners planning to crisscross Japan over the course of
Daraz becomes sponsor of national cricket team
The country’s leading e-commerce platform Daraz has become the new sponsor of the Bangladesh National Men's, Women's, A Team and Under-19 Cricket Team till November 30, 2023. Daraz has been awarded the rights under which its logo will appear on the kits of the Bangladesh National Men’s and Women’s, Bangladesh A
English cricketers bash Taslima for her stern words against Moeen Ali
England cricketers Saqib Mahmood, Jofra Archer and Sam Billings have lashed out at controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen after her distasteful tweet on Moeen Ali. Taslima, who has been in exile for more than 25 years after a fatwa was issued against her for ‘criticizing Islam’ by a fundamentalist Islamic organization