By Emdad Rahman : The historic Kia Oval provided the venue for a community street cricket tournament for young players in London. Adults and youngsters came together as six teams battled it out to be crowned champions at the home of Surrey Cricket Club. Khoyrul Shaheed from Human Relief Foundation added: “Sport beings people together and cricket is no exception. ...

A Japanese woman has become the first 100-year-old to complete a 1,500m freestyle swim in a 25m pool. Mieko Nagaoka, who only took up swimming at the age of 82, already holds the record in her age category for the same distance in a 50m pool. She completed the latest feat in just over one hour and 15 minutes, using ...

The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has signed a three-year sponsorship deal worth 15.5 million Nepalese rupees (approx. $155,000) per year with the state-owned telecom giant Nepal Telecom. The deal is the biggest in the history of Nepalese sport. Nepal’s men’s and women’s national teams will sport the Nepal Telecom logo on their kits, and every national cricketer will be ...

Mohammad Hafeez has said the new members in Pakistan’s limited-overs squad for the tour of Bangladesh are capable enough to dominate the home side. Responding to Shakib Al Hasan’s statement that the series was Bangladesh’s best chance to beat Pakistan, Hafeez expressed confidence in the team and said they were looking to extend the 16-year winning streak over Bangladesh. “(What ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) sent the video footage of the certain dismissals of the World Cup Cricket quarterfinal match between Bangladesh and India after reviewing it at the request of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) raised concern with some specific dismissals that created a huge uproar in the country. The BCB however will send the video footage to ...

Tony Blair has given his “100%” backing to Ed Miliband as he attacked David Cameron’s pledge to hold a referendum on Britain’s EU membership. The former prime minister praised the Labour leader, saying he was “his own man”, and he wanted Labour to win “for the future of our country”. Mr Blair said Mr Cameron had put “exit on the ...

Biman, Bangladesh Airlines resumed its full-blown domestic operation after three years with its newly-procured Dash8 Q400s aircraft on Dhaka-Sylhet  -Dhaka route. The Finance  Minister opened the two aircraft through a colourful function at Sylhet Osmani International Airport Monday. Finance Minister Abul Maal Adul Muhith,Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon.Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali and State Minister for ...

Security in the Sylhet city has been beefed up following the Supreme Court’s verdict rejecting Kamaruzzaman’s review petition against its previous verdict in favour of his death penalty awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2). Nearly 2,000 additional policemen have been deployed in over 100 spots of the city to thwart any unpleasant incident, said additional deputy commissioner of Metropolitan ...

A total of 515 students were absent while 3 others expelled for taking unfair means on the first day of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations that began on Wednesday. The examinations began simultaneously under Sylhet education boards, Some 515 examinees were absent under Board while 256 under Sylhet , 78 under Hobigong , 106  under Moulobi ...