India can be world beaters, says Laxman
November 20, 2008
The emergence of Ishant Sharma as strike force and the resurgence of Zaheer Khan have given India’s bowling the edge and made the team potential world beaters, senior test batsman Vangipurappu Laxman said. Wiry fast bowler Sharma took 15 wickets and his new ball partner Zaheer took 11 on docile home pitches this month to record batting-heavy India’s first test-series victory over top-ranked Australia in seven years.
S.Africa face Bangladesh with eye on Australia
November 19, 2008
South Africa face Bangladesh on Wednesday with one eye on the rear view mirror as a critical test series with Australia approaches. The International Cricket Council’s third-ranked team will field their full-strength lineup in two tests against last-placed Bangladesh as a final warm-up before a daunting three-test series in Australia starting on Dec. 17.
Maradona not coming to Bangladesh
November 18, 2008
Football legend Diego Maradona will not be able to visit Bangladesh next month due to his tight schedule in neighbouring India, confirmed a top Bangladesh Football Federation official. “Three days ago, I talked to the agent that will bring Maradona to Kolkata. The agent confirmed that he would not have enough time to visit Bangladesh due to his tight schedule,” BFF president Kazi Salahuddin told reporters at his office on Monday.
Pakistan Seal Whitewash
November 17, 2008
Pakistan completed a 3-0 one-day series whitewash over West Indies as a stellar display from Younus Khan guided them to a 31-run win in Abu Dhabi. Younus hit 101 before he was bowled by Nikita Miller with Misbah-ul-Haq adding 79 as Pakistan set a total of 273.
BKSP becomes champion in national swimming
November 16, 2008
The 23rd Mercantile Bank National Swimming Champion-ship concluded on Saturday at National Swimming Complex in Mirpur with two South Asian Federation (SAF) records and 12 national records broken during the four-day meet. On the medal side, Bangladesh Krira Sikkha Protishthan (BKSP) clinched the top slot securing 16 gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze medals.
Olympic Day Run observed
November 15, 2008
Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) observed Olympic Day Run in the capital and elsewhere in the country on Friday in a bid to popularize the Olympic movement in Bangladesh.
Chief of the Bangladesh Air Force Air Marshall SM Ziaur Rahman inaugurated the Run in the capital at the Ramna National Tennis Complex at 7:30 am.
BOA Vice President and chairman of the Olympic Day Run Committee Mizanur Rahman Manu, BOA secretary general Kutubuddin Ahmed, BOA CEO and director Col (retd) M Wali Ullah, chairman of Gazi Tanks Golam Dastagir Gazi, director of Exim Bank Nurul Fazal Bulbul and country manager of Coca Cola Debashish Dey were present.
The BOA, for the first time, took the initiative to hold the program on large scale, simultaneously in all the districts and divisional headquarters.
The Run, started from Ramna Tennis Complex, and terminated at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) going past the Engineers Institute, High Court, Press Club, Baitul Mokkaram and National Sports Council (NSC) building.
The program, sponsored by Dutch-Bangla Bank, Gazi Tanks and Pumps, Exim Bank Ltd, Coca Cola, Amicus Properties Ltd, BD Blazer and Samsonite, also included blood donation, children’s painting competition and cultural show at the NSC and BNS premises.
Coca Cola country manager Debashish Dey inaugurated the children’s painting competition, participated by 27 children at the old NSC building.
After the Olympic Day Run ended, two cancer surviving children — Shirin Akter and Suman, who came from Teknaf and Tetulia, ignited a torch at the BNS, which they called `Flame of Hope’ to banish cancer forever.
Source: The New Nation
BCB goes to polls today
November 12, 2008
The much talked about election of the country’s most glamorous and rich sports body-Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) — is going to be held today at the National Sports Council (NSC) here. This time the BCB election is taking place under its old format with 169 councilors casting ballots from 10 am to 3 pm to elect 23 directors in three categories-A, B, C.
Channel i, Bangla Vision, Bhorer Kagoj in quarter-finals
November 11, 2008
Sinha, Jamil pull out of BCB election
November 10, 2008
Seven candidates, including renowned organisers Afzalur Rahman Sinha and Khandokar Jamiluddin, have withdrawn their nominations for the Bangladesh Cricket Board election to be held on Wednesday. “I pulled out of the election because of no compromise among the aspirants in their bid to build a consensus committee,” Sinha told reporters on withdrawing his nomination at the National Sports Council on Sunday, the last day for withdrawals.
Tigers target competition
November 9, 2008
Bangladesh had their moments in the first ODI against South Africa at Potchefstroom on Friday but struggled for consistency and could not sustain pressure. But despite the 61-run defeat the mood in the Tigers camp is one of optimism as they prepared for the second game at Benoni on Sunday.