Bangladesh finish at 6th position in Asian Chess
December 30, 2009
Bangladesh Men bagged the sixth position in the Men section of the Asian Team Chess Championship held in Town Hall, Kolkata, India on Monday.
Bangladesh Men earned 8 match points. Men’s team won 4 matches and lost 3 matches out of 7 matches.
7th or last round games were held yesterday and Bangladesh team beat Singapore by 3.5 -.5 Read more
Bank Asia lift title
December 30, 2009
Bank Asia emerged champions in the Rupayan Bankers T-20 Cricket Toirnament defeating Eastern Bank Limited by 84 runs in the final at the Gulshan Youth Club ground.
Faisal Hossain with an unbeaten 85 runs knock, claimed the man of the final award.
Anisur Rahman Sinha, chairman of the bank, in a message highly appreciated the players for wining the Read more
Victory Day Hockey
December 22, 2009
Bangladesh Army was held to a 2-2 draw by the spirited Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan (BKSP) in the Auto Museum Victory Day Hockey Championship at Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city on Monday.
With the both sides tied at goalless, Army shot into the lead when Jamal Khan converted a penalty corner on 48 minutes. Sirajul Islam doubled the Army’s advantage with a field goal on 53 Read more
Hockey players make a U-turn
December 18, 2009
The prevailing tension in the hockey arena eased off on Thursday after the national players agreed to join the camp just 12 hours after they had threatened to resign from the national team.
Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) called an emergency meeting to bring them back to the camp and in the early hours of the Thursday, the meeting succeeded in breaking the deadlock.
All the 19 players, except for Chandan and John, reported to the camp last morning, while those two are expected to Read more
Three teams lead the Dutch Bangla Bank Chess League
December 18, 2009
Three teams were sharing lead in the points table of the Dutch-Bangla Bank 1st Division Chess League-2009.
The trio earned 14 match points out of eight matches at the end of the 9th round games at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room on Thursday. They were Biman Bangladesh, Titas Club and I2 Soft Solution Limited.
In the 9th round, Biman beat Pradip Sangha, Mohakhali by 4-0 points, Titas Club beat Sultana Kamal Smiriti Read more
AL leaders replace Bir Sreshthas
July 1, 2009
The government has changed the names of 12 sport venues two of which were named after Bir Sreshthas, which is the highest gallantry award given posthumously for supreme sacrifice in Bangladesh’s War of Independence in 1971.
According to a sports official, the divisional stadium in Chittagong named after Bir Sreshtha Ruhul Read more
Taibur stuns GM Niaz in National Chess
July 1, 2009
Four players are sharing lead in the points table of the 35th Mercantile Bank National Chess Championship. They earned two points each after end of the 2nd round games at the NSC conference room on Tuesday.
Reigning champion GM Ziaur Rahman and GM Reefat Bin Sattar of Biman, FM Taibur Rahman of Destiny and Mohammad Hasan Emam of Air Destiny are the four players who are Read more
Both Bangladeshi athletes disqualified in heats of 100-m sprint
July 1, 2009
Both the Bangladeshi male and female athletes Mesbah Ahmed and Shirin Akhter were disqualified in the heats of their respective 100-Meter sprint in the First Asian Youth Games in Singapore on Tuesday.
Shooters Sadia Sultana and Tripti Dutta will compete in the 10-Meter Air Rifle tomorrow (Wednesday), Read more
Boys’ team event title for Biman
June 12, 2009
Biman claimed supremacy in the boys’ team event of the AB Bank National Table Tennis Championship beating Dhaka by straight sets at the National Sports Council (NSC) Gymnasium on Thursday.
Asif, Reegan and Himel of Biman beat Palash, Zubair and Sumit respectively of Dhaka in the finals.
Asif beat Palash by 9-11, 11-8, 11-9 and 11-8 sets, Read more
Federer reveals debt to wife
June 12, 2009
Roger Federer, who is closing in on a career Grand Slam, believes his staggering success may have eluded him if it were not for his wife Mirka.
The couple, who met at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, married in April and are expecting their first child in the summer.
Before that, Federer could win a maiden French Open title Read more