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June 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Sports

World Cup Football Fever On

Raihan Mahmood After four years of waiting from the previous World Cup games which were held in 2006 in Germany, the FIFA World Cup 2010 tournament is finally back again. This time, the games are going to be even more competitive and challenging because those countries who qualified are among the wo[...]

June 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Sports

Get Happy

We’re not suggesting that you can reach a permanent state called “happiness” and remain there. But there are many ways to swerve off the path of anxiety, anger, frustration, and sadness into a state of happiness once or even several times throughout the day. Here are few ideas to g[...]

May 1st, 2010 - 12:00 am § in Sports

BANGLADESH TARGET PAKISTAN IN THE T20 WORLD CUP

Raihan Mahmood Bangladesh skipper Shakib al Hasan and coach Jamie Siddons expressed their hopes of beating defending champions Pakistan in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup at the official press conference. ‘We are targeting Pakistan in the ICC Twenty 20 World Cup,’ Siddons told the press conference. â[...]

April 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Sports

England toil hard to beat Bangladesh

Raihan Mahmood England won the first Test against Bangladesh by 181 runs but were made to work hard on the final day. Junaid Siddique and Mushfiqur Rahim survived unscathed until lunch, with the former bringing up his first Test century in an inspirational knock. [...]

March 1st, 2010 - 12:02 am § in Sports

Bangladesh Football Team Hits A New Low

Raihan Mahmood Bangladesh football hit a new low as the national team suffered a humiliating 3-0 defeat against hosts Sri Lanka in their third and last group match of the AFC Challenge Cup final round at the Sughatadasa Stadium in Colombo. Bangladesh football captain Aminul Haque blamed the hectic i[...]

February 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Sports

Bangladesh all set to host a gala SA Games

Raihan Mahmood Bangladesh is ready to host the 11th edition of South Asian Games with pomp and splendor. The 2010 South Asian Games the major multi-sport event, scheduled to take place from January 29 to February 9, 2010 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This will be the third time that the Bangladeshi capital[...]

February 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Sports

Dragon Age: Origins

Emil The fact that Bioware was behind the making of Dragon Age, it was automatically a game that I was waiting for, and knew would be a very, very awesome experience. Unsurprisingly, I wasn’t disappointed. Dragon Age has indeed been an amazing experience. [...]

January 1st, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Sports

Wake up call for Bangladesh Football

By Raihan Mahmood India defeated Maldives 3-1 in penalty shootout to win the sixth SAFF Championships at the Bangabandhu stadium The final match turned out to be a battle between the Maldives strikers and India ’s goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharja. He made some brilliant saves during 120 minutes[...]

December 3rd, 2009 - 1:56 am § in Sports

Bangladesh gets eight World Cup Cricket Matches

Raihan Mahmood Bangladesh will host India in the inaugural match of the 2011 World Cup, the International Cricket Council announced. The Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka will host six matches and the opening ceremony, while two games will be played in the port city of Chittagong. India – set to st[...]

November 1st, 2009 - 6:47 am § in Sports

Sakib at the Top

By Raihan Mahmood Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan has become the surprise winner of the Wisden Cricketer agazine’s Test Player of the Year for 2009, topping the list of many big names of world cricket. The Wisden Cricketer is the world’s biggest selling cricket magazine in the world, launc[...]