Masudur Rahman

Salman Agha was officially reprimanded by the ICC for hitting an advertising board with his bat after his dismissal during Pakistan’s second Test against Bangladesh national cricket team in Sylhet. He received one demerit point, his second offence in 24 months. Pakistan also suffered a 78-run defeat as Bangladesh completed a historic 2-0 series sweep.

The Asia Cup T20 is set to begin with Richie Richardson and Andy Pycroft leading the match referees panel. The ACC has announced the officials for the group stage, featuring umpires from India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Pycroft will be the match referee for the highly anticipated India-Pakistan match on September 14 in Dubai.

Disabled swimmer Masudur Rahman Baidya, a double amputee below the knee who conquered the English Channel, on Thursday found an admirer in none other than Sachin Tendulkar.

Bangladesh batsman Towhid Hridoy was fined 15% of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the third T20 International against Sri Lanka on Saturday. Bangladesh suffered a 28-run defeat in the third game to lose the series 2-1. The incident occurred in the fourth over of Bangladesh's innings, when after being dismissed, Hridoy turned around on his way back to the pavilion and remonstrated aggressively with Sri Lanka players.

Masudur Rahman Baidya, the only man with amputated legs to cross the English Channel in 1997, died this morning after a heart attack, according to family sources.

England's Richard Illingworth and Sri Lanka's Ruchira Palliyaguruge will be the on-field umpires for the big-ticket India versus Pakistan Asia Cup clash at Pallekele on September 2.

Four-months after Bangladesh's worst terror attack on an upscale cafe here in the capital's diplomatic enclave, authorities have returned the eatery to its owners, About 22 people, including an Indian girl, were killed during a bloody siege by Islamist militants.

KOLKATA: West Bengal is all set to get a new university. A brief meeting of the state Cabinet on Tuesday put its seal of approval on the century-old Shibpur B.E. College to become a full-fledged university.

India and Pakistan have been fined 40 percent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate in their opening Group A match of the Asia Cup. Jeff Crowe of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanctions after Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam's sides were ruled to be two overs short of their respective targets after time allowances were taken into consideration. India won the high-profile game by five wickets.

Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for using obscene language during the third ODI of the World Cup Super League series against Sri Lanka in Dhaka.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested in Bangladesh on charges of trying to recruit members for the dreaded Islamic State (IS) movement, a day after two others were detained for planning to wage jihad to establish Islamic rule in the Muslim-majority country.

The ICC on Wednesday announced the lineup of match officials for the upcoming U-19 men's World Cup with umpire KNA Padmanabhan and match referee Narayanan Kutty being the two Indian representatives.

Khairul Islam alias Fahim, a leader of intelligence wing of the outlawed Ansar al-Islam also known as Ansarullah Bangla Team, was arrested from Kamlapur Rail Station area in Dhaka last night, said Masudur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of the Detective Branch of Police.

Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali was on Saturday reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct, while Bangladesh were fined 20 per cent of their match fees for maintaining slow over-rate during the first T20I in Dhaka.

Three more suspects have been arrested here in connection with the blast in West Bengal's Bardhaman, amid a joint India-Bangla operation along the borders to nab over 100 militants of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).