DHAKA: Masharafe Bin Mortaza’s bracelet, which hugged his wrist for long 18 years, sold for a whopping Tk 42 lakh during an auction. The former captain of Bangladesh national cricket team auctioned the bracelet to raise funds for people affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. The

A robot dog is patrolling one of Singapore's parks as part of coronavirus-related trial. The machine - made by US-based Boston Dynamics - is fitted with a camera to monitor how busy Bishan-Ang Moh Kio Park becomes. It also carries a loudspeaker to broadcast social-distancing

Diego Maradona has lent a hand in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in his hometown by autographing an Argentina national team jersey for a raffle. The sale raised money for an underprivileged area on the outskirts of Buenos Aires affected by quarantine rules. "We're

গত ১৩ মার্চ স্থগিত হওয়ার পর আজ শুক্রবার (০৮ মে) সকালে প্রথমবারের মতো হুয়ান গাম্পার ট্রেনিং গ্রাউন্ডে অনুশীলন

Former West Indies skipper and legendary Caribbean batsman Brian Lara turned 51 on Saturday, making it an opportune moment to re-visit his world record 400-run Test knock. Lara's mammoth innings in the last Test of the four-match series against England in 2004 at the Antigua

Australia moved to the top of the official test rankings on Friday but coach Justin Langer said the toppled India team still remained the benchmark for them. Australia's rise ended India's stay at the top since October 2016 in the latest update, based on results over the past

Gareth Bale will hand over almost £1m to fund the fight against coronavirus in Wales and Spain. The Real Madrid forward and his wife Emma have made a £500,000 donation to help NHS staff fighting the crisis in Cardiff and will follow that up with a further €500,000 for the health

The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic, BCCI Honorary Secretary Jay Shah said in a press release on Thursday.  "Due to the evolving global health concerns regarding COVID-19 and lockdown measures

The overarching global impact of killer virus in a little over 100 days has already stalled every aspect of living and livelihood. Most of the economic activities, business, trade and commerce, sporting activities, entertainment activities are almost become nonexistent.  No one goes

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has shared a message of unity and solidarity to bring people together in the fight against the virus. The Portugal international did so posing with masks showing the flags of his home country and the country in which he

The former Barcelona and Brazil star and his brother were arrested in early March on charges of using false passports to enter the country. Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto Assis have been released from prison in Paraguay and placed under house arrest. The pair were arrested in

All international football matches scheduled for June were postponed on Friday following the first meeting of FIFA’s coronavirus working group. It was also decided to hold discussions with confederations to draw up a revised schedule for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers which have been

The tournament was due to be played between 29 June and 12 July. The entire grass-court season has been abandoned, and there will be no professional tennis anywhere in the world until at least 13 July. Wimbledon is the latest major summer sporting event to be called off, with Euro

DHAKA: The newly married wife of Bangladesh cricketer Liton Das sustained burn injuries in a fire caused by a cylinder blast in her residence on March 27. The accident took place when she attempted to lit gas stove with matchsticks for making tea, said Debosri Biswas Sanchita in a

DHAKA: Senior 27 cricketers of Bangladesh have donated 50 percent of their salary for one month in a bid to help government fight against deadly coronavirus.  All of 17 players who are in the central contact donated 50 percent of their salary, and other 10 players, who were part of

Japan's prime minister and the head of the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games by a year Tuesday (March 24) in an extraordinary move, unprecedented in peacetime, as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic. "I proposed to postpone for about a

Postponing the Olympics over the coronavirus pandemic may become "inevitable", Japan's prime minister conceded on Monday, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said a delay was being considered as pressure grows from athletes and sports bodies. The comments from Shinzo

Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died on Saturday after being hospitalised with coronavirus. Sanz, 76, was president at the Bernabeu from 1995-2000, a period in which Real won the Champions League twice. "My father has just died," wrote Sanz's son Lorenzo Sanz Duran on

DHAKA: Renowned Bangladeshi mountaineer Wasfia Nazreen has tested positive for the coronavirus, she claimed in a Facebook post on Saturday (March 21).  In the Facebook status, she wrote: "I am now in quarantine (which I was already practicing after I flew into LA) with strict measures

DHAKA: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday (March 19) suspended all forms of cricket in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Board president Nazmul Hassan Papon was addressing a press conference at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital’s Mirpur