Iran assures Bangladesh oil shipments safe through Hormuz

The International Cricket Council has confirmed that Bangladesh will face no punishment for withdrawing from the T20 World Cup and will instead be awarded the right to host an additional global tournament before the 2031 ODI World Cup. The decision was announced in an ICC press release issued on Monday, following high-level meetings involving the Pakistan Cricket Board and the Bangladesh Cricket Board after Pakistan declined to play their scheduled World Cup match against India. After...

After weeks of drama and dispute, the curtain has finally risen on the tenth edition of the T20 World Cup, though the tournament has begun under a heavy cloud of controversy. Bangladesh are not taking part, India have boycotted their scheduled fixture against Pakistan, and the International Cricket Council (ICC) is now stepping in to manage a growing crisis involving two of the game’s most influential boards. Amid the unfolding turmoil, the ICC is set to hold talks with both the Bangladesh...

The curtain rises on the ICC T20 World Cup today without Bangladesh, as the newly expanded 20-team tournament launches with three matches across Sri Lanka and India. The opening fixture is scheduled for 11:30am Saturday (07 February) at the Singhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo, where Pakistan take on the Netherlands. The second match of the day will be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata at 3:30pm, with West Indies facing Scotland. The opening day concludes at 7:30pm in Mumbai, where hosts...

An investigation committee appointed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has found substance in two of the four sexual harassment allegations brought by national women’s team cricketer Jahanara Alam against former selector and manager Mohammad Manjurul Islam Manjur. The board said the committee concluded that Manjur’s conduct was inconsistent with professional standards and fell within the definition of misconduct and harassment under the Supreme Court’s guidelines. The findings were...