Young Tigers rout England to qualify for fifth place playoff
Bangladesh handed a five-wicket defeat to England in the fifth-place play-off semifinal of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup at Queenstown Events Centre in New Zealand on Sunday, reports UNB.Saif Hassan-led Young Tigers will face South Africa in the fifth-place deciding play-off at the same venue on January 31 while...
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Razzak likely to feature in Tigers' Test squad
Veteran spinner Abdur Razzak is likely to be recalled in the Bangladesh Test squad after a three-year break to play the Test series against touring Sri Lanka beginning on Wednesday (January 31) at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong in place of injured all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, reports UNB.The...
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Pakistan world's best T20 team after beating NZ
MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand, Jan 28 (AFP): Pakistan laid claim to being the best Twenty20 side in the world Sunday after beating New Zealand in the series-deciding third Twenty20 match in Mount Maunganui.The 18-run victory gave Pakistan a come-from-behind 2-1 series win that will see them overtake New Zealand at...
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Nat’l baseball final today
Bangladesh Police take on Bangladesh Ansar in final of the Walton 5th National Baseball competition scheduled to be held today (Monday) at the Bangabadhu National Stadium in the city, reports BSS. On way to the final Sunday, Police beat BMP by 12-8 points in the first semifinal while Bangladesh Ansar...
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BISC holds annual sports competition
Jabbar House emerged champions and Abdus Salam House finished runners-up in the week-long inter-house annual sports competition of Bangladesh International School and College (BISC), Nirjhor campus, was held on Saturday on its premises at Dhaka Cantonment, said an ISPR press release. Brigadier General M Shamsur Rahman, chairman, BISC, Nirjhor, was...
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Saudi, UAE football teams will play in Qatar despite travel ban
DUBAI, Jan 28 (AFP): Saudi and UAE football authorities said on Sunday their teams will play Asian Champions League away matches in Qatar despite a travel ban they have imposed on their Gulf neighbour.The decisions by the Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirates football federations came after the Asian Football...
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Federer wins Australian Open for 20th Slam title
MELBOURNE, Jan 28 (AFP): A tearful Roger Federer surged home to beat Marin Cilic in five riveting sets and win his sixth Australian Open and 20th Grand Slam title in Melbourne on Sunday.The Swiss defending champion dropped his only sets of the tournament before completing a 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3,...
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4th Dhaka Bank Cup Golf Tournament 2018
The 4th Dhaka Bank Cup Golf Tournament 2018 was inaugurated on Saturday at Army Golf Club, Dhaka. Major General S M Matiur Rahman, afwc, psc, president of Army Golf Club, was present as chief guest at the opening ceremony. Managing Director and CEO of Dhaka Bank Syed Mahbubur Rahman and...
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