Anisur Rahman

Hosts Bangladesh got off to a winning start in the Bangabandhu Gold Cup with a nervy 4-2 win over Sri Lanka in the opening match at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore yesterday. Striker Shakhawat Hossain Rony struck a brace while Nabib Newaj Jibon and Zahid Hossain netted one goal apiece to give Bangladesh the victory against the Sri Lankan youth side who, however, gave a run for the money to the hosts by making it 3-2 at one stage.

The Bangladesh national football team will be hoping to move on from their disappointing performances in the recently concluded SAFF Suzuki Cup when the hosts begin their Bangabandhu Gold Cup campaign by taking on Sri Lanka in the opening match at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore today.

The way police with guns surrounded the ground at the Jessore Police Line gave an impression that a foreign team were preparing themselves for the Bangabandhu Gold Cup. But in realityit was the Bangladesh national football team who were having their second-day practice session yesterday afternoon ahead of Friday's opening match against Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh coach Fabio Lopez congratulated his players for a brave performance against the Socceroos and also thanked the home crowd for turning up in great numbers yesterday.

The security arrangements for today's World Cup qualifier between Bangladesh and Australia at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) could be compared only to the one taken for the friendly between Argentina and Nigeria, hosted at the same venue in 2011, said Sheikh Mohammad Maruf Hasan, DIG of Police.

Hosts Chittagong Abahani clinched the inaugural Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup title in style after coming back from a goal down to beat East Bengal 3-1 in a pulsating final at the MA Aziz Stadium yesterday. The port city team, which hosted this tournament as part of its grand design to rebuild the side as one of the strongest football clubs in the country, lifted its first major silverware as well as exacted a sweet revenge for its opening match defeat against the Kolkata giants, who were the only unbeaten side ahead of the final.

Will the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong turn blue or red & gold today? We will get the answers after the grand final of the inaugural Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup involving hosts Chittagong Abahani and Kolkata giants East Bengal that kicks off at 7:40pm today. But whoever wins the title of the eight-team event, it will be their first on Bangladesh soil.

A weakened Mohammedan Sporting Club meekly surrendered a 0-3 defeat to East Bengal in the second semifinal of

Without naming any names, De Spin Ghar Bazan coach Waheedullah said that they would need to stop three players of Chittagong Abahani when the two sides meet in the first semifinal of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup today.

Mohammedan Sporting Club set up a mouth-watering semifinal clash against East Bengal after a 2-1 victory over

Mohammedan Sporting Club stormed back into contention for a final-four berth in the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup after a

Of the five foreign clubs taking part in the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, Sri Lanka champions Solid SC are considered weaker

Hosts Chittagong Abahani left Group B wide open when they handed their more illustrious namesake a surprise 1-0 defeat in the second match of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup yesterday.

Mohammedan of Dhaka and Kolkata had to endure the same sorry fate in the opening fixtures of Group A of the

Abahani, Mohammedan and East Bengal are very popular names for fans in this part of the world. Even Solid FC or Karachi Electric FC,

The two most popular outfits either side of the border are keen to succeed in the same platform as Abahani and East Bengal begin their campaign in the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, getting underway at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong today.

Diving to his right, Bangladesh goalkeeper Faisal Ahmed blocked Saqlain Khan's spot-kick to send the full-crowd at the Sylhet District

It was none other than Professor Abdur Razzak who could read Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman correctly, and that is why he had considered him as “a symbol of Bangladesh”.

Every Thursday, a few hundred weavers gather at a weekly market at Demra in the capital to sell their hand-made Jamdani saris, which many women have on their desire list ahead of Eid.

The most exciting part of Muhammad Ali's sojourn in Bangladesh was probably the mock fight against a young boy at the Dhaka Stadium.