Bangladesh Premier League’s league stage table toppers Sylhet Strikers put up a disappointing batting display in the first qualifier as they were bundled out for just 125 in 17.1 overs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Sylhet opener Shafiqullah Ghaffari was dismissed after scoring just five runs but the team suffered the biggest blow […]
The parents of Salman Rehman aka Zubair (15), a teacher by profession, had a lot of dreams centering him and wanted their son to become a doctor. The parents wanted their son to make his family and country proud by serving humanity. With such a dream, he got him admitted in Barishal Cadet College. But, […]
The partnership ended when Soumya was caught by Janat after hitting four fours and two sixes. Mithun held on till the 12th over and completed his half-century. His innings, studded with six fours and three sixes, came to an end when he was trapped leg before wicket by Sunjamul Islam. Dhaka then lost three more […]
With the scores level, Rana removed Janat, who hit three fours and two sixes in his brief stay. New batsman Mohammad Wasim hit the very first ball for a four to take the team home. Salman remained unbeaten on 18 runs in 14 balls with the help of two fours and a six. Earlier, Barisal […]
Syed Rumman, a residential student at Sher-e-Bangla Hall, told Prothom Alo that a group of miscreants knocked on the door of Mohiuddin’s room in the early hours of Tuesday. As soon as he opened the door, they started beating him mercilessly with an iron rod. At one point he tried to run away, but to […]
After losing the toss, Barishal was reduced to 46-4 but the pair of Shakib and Iftikhar counter-attacked and in the end remained unbeaten by adding 192 runs. This is the third biggest pair in BPL history. Chris Gayle and Brendon McCullum shared an unbeaten 201-run partnership for the Riders against Dhaka Dynamites in 2007. Lou […]
Shakib hit six fours and nine sixes in his 43-ball knock, whose previous highest T20 score was 86, while Iftikhar scored 100 off just 45 balls. The 32-year-old Pakistani hit six fours and nine sixes to reach his maiden T20 century. After losing the toss, Barishal was reduced to 46-4 but the pair of Shakib […]
Earlier in the day, Barishal got off to a good start after winning the toss as openers Chaturanga de Silva and Anamul Haque, who scored 36 and 29 respectively, shared an opening partnership of 67 runs in 7.2 overs. Though both the batsmen got dismissed in successive overs, Shakib went at full throttle to keep […]
The Dhaka event will kick off a two-month-long series of BNP rallies at seven divisional headquarters, followed by Chattogram, Mymensingh, Khulna, Rangpur, Barisal, Faridpur and Sylhet. Except for the first one in Chattogram, the rallies were combined with transport strikes, and coincidentally each strike was launched two days before the rallies. The BNP alleges that […]
