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Boxers fight to raise funds for Bangladesh

The boxers participating in the 2016 Bengal Bouts are fighting — not just in the ring, but also to eradicate poverty in Bangladesh, a country where most people make under two dollars a day, according to the Bengal Bouts website. [caption id="attachment_21889" align="alignleft" width="650"]Boxer Adam Pasquinelly, right, tries to clinch Ryan Dunn at Sunday night’s preliminary bouts.[/caption] According to senior captain Mike Grasso, the combined efforts of the boxers participating in the bouts raises over $100,000 every year, which goes ...

Bongo gets ICC’s exclusive video clip rights

Bongo, Bangladesh’s largest on demand entertainment platform, has signed a four-year exclusive agreement with the International Cricket Council (ICC) for digital video clip rights to all ICC events in the 2016-2019 period.The deal is for the Bangladesh territory and includes the provision of pre-match, in-match and post-match highlight video clips. The 2016-2019 contract includes the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 (8 March-3 April), ICC Champions Trophy 2017 (1-19 June), ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 (4-27 August), ICC U19 BongoCric...

Robi, BCB team up to hunt for fast bowlers

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the sponsor of the Bangladesh National Cricket team Robi have teamed up to look for promising fast bowlers from all over the country. “Robi Fast Bowler Hunt” campaign will get underway on 17th January and continue till 20th February 2016. Meanwhile, the registration process has kick started from today. Registration process can be completed through SMS/ Online/ by visiting any of the selected Robi Walk-In-Centers across the country. This challenge is open for Robi_Fast-Bowler-Huntboth male and...

Rubel Brand Ambassador of Reckitt Benckiser

Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh Limited recently signed national cricketer Rubel Hossain as Brand Ambassador for a new campaign. The signing ceremony took place at the corporate office of Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh with representatives from both parties. Raghu Krishnan, General Manager of RB Bangladesh-Sri Lanka Cluster, Mahbub Baset, Marketing Director, Nayan Mukherjee, Finance Director and Jude Martino, Marketing Manager were present in the ceremony.

PrintReckitt Benckiser Bangladesh Limited (RBBL) is a subsidiary of Reckitt Ben...

Mashrafe to receive honorary police post

Tiger skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is going to get an ‘honorary post’ in Bangladesh Police soon. Police authorities of the country have taken the decision to honor him after taking into account wpid-mash1his recent performance in the World Cup 2015 where he led the Tigers into the quarterfinals for the first time. S M Moniruzzaman, the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police of Khulna range, revealed to the media that steps were being taken to bestow the cricket star with the honorary post. He, however, did not clarify what post will be off...

Physical disability cricket in city Sept 2

First ever Five-Nation International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) tournament (physical disability cricket tournament) is set to commence in Dhaka from September 2. Physical disability cricket is still in its infancy, with an England team launched in 2009. Until this year the Three Lions and Pakistan were the only countries to have sides. PD CricketBut next month Sprotbrough Cricket Club’s Laidlaw will be part of the England team that competes in the sport’s first multi-nation competition. India, Afghanistan and hosts Bangladesh will joi...