Mobile phone operator Robi has bought the sponsorship rights of the Bangladesh cricket team. Media planning agency Top of Mind, which had bought the sponsorship right for two years, sold it to Robi Axiata Ltd. that will sponsor the team for the first time, announced Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) marketing committee chief Kazi Inam Ahmed on Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. Top of Mind beat Grameenphone in the final tender with a bid of 414.1 million taka on Wednesday to earn the rights. In June 2012, Indian firm Sahara had outb...

Asian Cup champion Australia will play its first home match of its 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign in Perth, Western Australia on Sept. 3 against Bangladesh. Football Federation Australia said Wednesday that it will be the first Socceroos match in Perth in 10 years and Australia's first home match since winning the Asian Cup in January. Australia's other opponents in Asian qualifying Group B for Russia are Jordan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Australia failed to make it past the group stages at the past two World Cup tournaments and lost to eventual...

Robi has launched a new VAS campaign whereby Robi subscribers can meet the pace sensation, Rubel. The campaign will run from April 21 to May 11, 2015. ‘Meet & Greet with Rubel’ is an SMS based quiz campaign.  Robi users need to subscribe with Follo service for Rubel to take part in the quiz campaign. They have to type START RUBEL and send to 28777 to subscribe. Then the registered users will get confirmation message, celebrity update and a question related to Rubel Hossain. They have to answer the question by sending A or B to 28777. Following co...

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) gave reception to the players, coaches and officials of Islami Bank East Zone of Bangladesh Cricket League for wining the one-day tournament trophy. The reception was given on 13 April 2015, Monday at Islami Bank Tower through a program. Engr. Md. Eskander Ali Khan, Chairman, Executive Committee of the Bank greeted the players as the chief guest. Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director, the program was attended by Md. Mahbub-ul-Alam and Md. Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan, FCA, Deputy Managing D...

BCB has awarded Top of Mind, a media planning company, the team sponsorship rights for Bangladesh’s home series against Pakistan this month. The agreement was reached on Tuesday after their contract with Aamby Valley, an affiliate of Sahara India Parivar, was cut short 15 months before it was scheduled to end. It is understood the BCB had hoped for a deal over Tk 2.5 crore (approximately US$ 321,000) and the winning quote was for more than Tk 3 crore (approximately US$ 385,000). BCB revealed last Friday that...

The prize-distribution ceremony of the Asian Zonal (Zone-3.2) Chess Championship Open and Women was held last Wednesday at Kathmandu in Nepal. The World Chess Federation (FIDE) President Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov distributed prizes among the winners. Mr. Gazi Shayiful Tarique, General Secretary of Bangladesh Chess Federation delivered speech as a guest of hounor. Sports Minister of Nepal, Zone President Mr. Joshi, Mr. Mohammad Jahangir Islam Vice President of Bangladesh Chess Feder...