Sports and politics remain entangled as BCB elections near
20 May 2026, 08:00 AM
Unlike the preceding election during Aminul Islam Bulbul’s tenure, there was no strict requirement this time to nominate councillors from ad hoc committees.
20 May 2026, 08:00 AM
Pace, joy, and Test solidity under Shanto
15 May 2026, 08:00 AM
Pace is power in Test cricket, and Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto is beginning to reap its rewards. With Bangladesh’s 104-run win over Pakistan in the first Test in Mirpur, Shanto equalled Mushfiqur Rahim as the captain with the most Test wins for the Tigers, with seven victories.
15 May 2026, 08:00 AM
Rana’s old-ball swing rewires Tigers’ home Test swagger
13 May 2026, 08:00 AM
Rana getting the old ball to talk had even surprised his captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and Litton Das.
13 May 2026, 08:00 AM
‘Hunger for runs’: Shanto dominates with controlled aggression
8 May 2026, 21:21 PM
Aggression is one thing, but controlled aggression is a different kind of menace. Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto’s century against Pakistan on Friday in Mirpur on Day 1 of the first of two Tests, part of the World Test Championship, was a perfect example of the latter.
8 May 2026, 21:21 PM
Speedster emerges from tailender’s shell, Rana an ensemble of one
5 May 2026, 21:30 PM
Ball by ball, step by step, Rana was pure bliss to watch at the Mirpur practice nets on Tuesday.
5 May 2026, 21:30 PM
Rana’s rise gathers pace with ‘presence of mind’
5 May 2026, 08:00 AM
The fuller delivery, like the short ones, created surprise, with some deliveries striking the bat rather than the bat meeting it.
5 May 2026, 08:00 AM
Interview / ‘I always prefer batting at three’
28 April 2026, 10:00 AM
Shanto spoke about navigating that lean phase, whether stepping away from captaincy influenced his batting and more, in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star’s Abdullah Al Mehdi.
28 April 2026, 10:00 AM
Interview / ‘Strong bonds, healthy competition driving NZ cricket’
26 April 2026, 08:00 AM
Will Young was among the more experienced players in an otherwise inexperienced New Zealand ODI squad that suffered a 2-1 defeat in the recently concluded three-match series against hosts Bangladesh. Arriving in Bangladesh after a successful tour of India, Young and his side encountered tougher batting conditions and a hostile pace attack. The New Zealand number three spoke about the conditions, Bangladesh’s bowling threats, and more in an exclusive interview with The Daily Star’s Abdullah Al Mehdi. The excerpts are as follows:
26 April 2026, 08:00 AM
Heart, confidence and failure converge in Hridoy’s turnaround
Sylhet Strikers and Towhid Hridoy are seemingly turning a page. The batting order has stability with Najmul Hossain Shanto and Hridoy at the top along with the power of Zakir Hasan in the middle while Thisara Perera can still punch a hole at the death with the bat.
9 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Shakib ‘quietly’ immersed as BPL swings in
Ace all-rounder and Fortune Barishal skipper Shakib Al Hasan may have taken centre-stage ahead of the start of the tournament with his scathing criticism of the BPL organisers on Wednesday, but by the time the tournament began yesterday, he was fully immersed in cricketing rituals.
6 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Messi the Dios of happiness
How should one remember December 18? It may as well be known as the GOAT day. The coronation of the King, who completed football. The story, with a fairytale ending for one of the greatest to play the game and what had come to pass before and the joy thereafter, makes it one of sport’s greatest. For France, it was 120 minutes in the Lionel Messi territory and some more. For Argentina, they had to do it under the spirited gaze of Kylian Mbappe, always on the hunt. That only made Messi’s coronation that much sweeter in the end.
20 December 2022, 04:30 AM
Pitch leaves curious impression on opening day
Day one of the first Test between Bangladesh and India was a seesaw affair for the most part despite the game remaining in balance at the close of play yesterday.
14 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Mehedi, Shakib lead Tigers to thrilling win
It was edge-of-the-seat stuff at the end and it came against the backdrop of a low-scoring encounter as Bangladesh put their ODI mettle to use to seize victory from the jaws of defeat with a thrilling one-wicket win over India in the first of the three-match ODI series at Mirpur yesterday.
4 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Desert fest: Argentina get their mojo back
Clenched teeth, head lowered. That is how Lionel Messi returned to the dressing room after his first-half penalty was saved by Wojciech Szczesny. If that is how things had ended, it could have been Messi’s last World Cup game. But his team had other ideas.
1 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Burden now as big as Messi’s gifts
Lionel Messi dropped off from Mexico’s midfield marker and just stood there for an instance, standing quite a few metres from the top of the box, as he usually does. Only a nuanced eye would know that he is waiting for Julian Alvarez to push the centre-backs just a little bit more before he almost willed Angel Di Maria pass onto his feet. This is the nearest distance to goal that his countrymen could find him with a pass and with Argentina’s World Cup hanging on the line, Messi did the impossible.
27 November 2022, 18:00 PM
'Bounce and movement? Is this Mirpur?'
“Is that extra bounce in Mirpur?”
19 October 2022, 02:50 AM
The Shakib-Liton batting order conundrum
Bangladesh’s batting order and their overall batting plan in the T20I format continue to flummox, with Liton Das and skipper Shakib Al Hasan’s batting positions an area which negates Bangladesh’s advantage as a batting unit heading into the T20I World Cup in Australia.
10 October 2022, 18:01 PM
Finishers’ impact grows as final beckons
When it comes to death-over bowling, the 2022 Asia Cup has seen pretty sub-par performances from a few bowlers. Pakistan’s Harris Rauf and India’s Arshdeep Singh have been the most reliable names in the tournament, but in general, runs have been leaked and the biggest boost it has given is to batters who played the role of finisher in the T20 event.
10 September 2022, 02:06 AM
Modern T20s a thorn on off-spinners’ side?
The recent pattern of the T20 game has seen wrist spinners gain more ground but the dearth of off-spinners in the shortest format has seen their roles come into question, whereas in ODIs the off-spinners are called to stem the flow of runs and also to lull batters to take chances against them, resulting in their dismissals.
4 September 2022, 20:05 PM
Tigers exit Asia Cup with heavy hearts
It was heartbreak for Bangladesh as they exited the Asia Cup, unable to grab the bull by the horns, on Thursday following an agonising two-wicket defeat in Dubai.
1 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Nawaz differs with Shanaka
After being dealt a crushing blow by Afghanistan in the first match of the 2022 Asia Cup, Sri Lanka captain and all-rounder Dasun Shanaka opined that Afghanistan were a much more difficult hurdle than their Group B opponents Bangladesh.
28 August 2022, 18:10 PM
Can Tigers overcome overwhelming odds?
Bangladesh appear to be the fifth-best among the top five teams heading into the Asia Cup tournament.
25 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Mahmudullah hired for third T20I!
T20I skipper for just a series, Nurul Hasan Sohan's injury triggered chaos and exposed the lack of clarity in the decision-making of the Bangladesh national team's think tank once again.
1 August 2022, 18:05 PM
Not just a lunch
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) arranged a get-together and lunch for cricketers at a city hotel today and, although members of the team management downplayed the significance of the ‘special’ lunch ahead of the Tigers’ tour of Zimbabwe, scraping past the surface the motive may have been to communicate some issues to the senior stars who might have been left a bit disappointed with the BCB’s refurbishment of the T20I line-up for the upcoming T20I series.
25 July 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Must forego looking for immediate results’
Legendary Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram was in favour of scrapping the ODI format as Test and T20 cricket gain more ground across the world, fueling the flames of the ODI format’s uncertain future that came to the fore when England’s Ben Stokes recently chose to retire from the 50-over game.
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Why ODIs are Tigers’ favoured format?
It has long been understood that Bangladesh find it easier to meet the challenges of the ODI format.
14 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Will Riyad meet Mominul’s fate?
Following the T20 World Cup debacle in the UAE last year, there were talks in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) hierarchy about finding a new direction for the T20I team.
5 July 2022, 14:45 PM
Lefty batters’ stern test in the Caribbean
The last time Bangladesh played a Test series in West Indies, Kemar Roach hobbled away to a fifer, conceding just eight runs in Antigua, the
8 June 2022, 18:00 PM