shooting
Baki, Disha win gold in Baku
Bangladeshi shooters Abdullahel Baki and Syeda Atkiya Hasan Disha win gold in the 10m air rifle team event in the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan today.
14 May 2017, 10:41 AM
Rabbi wins silver in Baku
Rabbi Hasan Munna wins a silver medal in 10m air rifle event -- Bangladesh's first in the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 -- at Azerbaijan capital Baku on Saturday.
13 May 2017, 08:41 AM
BD shooters lag behind in Delhi
Bangladeshi shooters endured another frustrating day in the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi on Sunday as none of them got even close to qualifying marks for the final rounds of their respective events.
26 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Rabiul outguns BKSP boys
Rabiul Islam put an end to the dominance of Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan (BKSP) by winning the gold medal in 10m air rifle event on the concluding day of Hamidur Rahman 2nd National Youth Shooting Championships at the National Shooting Complex yesterday.
16 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Stiff competition on opening day
In quest of finding new shooters for long-term training to materialise 'vision 2020', the Hamidur Rahman 2nd National Youth Shooting Championship got underway at the National Shooting Complex in Gulshan, with the participants competing neck-and-neck in all three events decided yesterday.
15 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Youth shooting gets underway
Hamidur Rahman 2nd Youth Shooting Championship got underway at the National Shooting Sports Federation (BSSF) in Gulshan yesterday.
14 January 2017, 18:02 PM
BSSF's Vision 2020 gets off the ground
The Bangladesh Shooting Sports Federation (BSSF) had last November disclosed its ambitious 'Vision 2020' plan to win a medal from the Tokyo Olympics and to bring that vision closer to reality, the game's governing body is all set to start a long-term training programme at the National Shooting Complex in Gulshan today.
5 January 2017, 18:00 PM
US sport grapples with racial tension in wake of shootings
The shootings of two black men by police in Tulsa and Charlotte reverberate in the US sports world as racial tensions flare around the United States.
22 September 2016, 08:45 AM
Shakil outguns Shahadat
South Asian Games gold medallist Shakil Ahmed grabs his first gold medal in domestic circuit.
29 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Girl gets the better of women
Turing Dewan impresses in the junior section of the 28th National Shooting Championships when she clinches the 10m air pistol event in some style at the National Shooting Complex in Gulshan.
28 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Mayeda fires to gold
Newcomer Mayeda Momtahina of Army Shooting Association stunned her senior counterparts in the Beximco 28th National Shooting Championship after grabbing the gold medal in the women's 10metre air rifle event at the National Shooting Complex in Gulshan yesterday.
27 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Vietnam shooters lacked training bullets, PM says
Vietnam's prime minister admits Olympic hopefuls faced inadequate training equipment before the games, including a lack of bullets in shooting, a discipline that won the nation's first ever gold.
18 August 2016, 06:32 AM
'Shadow of death' hangs over Rio before Games: Amnesty
A sharp increase in police killings has cast "a shadow of death" over Rio de Janeiro as it prepares to host the Olympic Games, Amnesty International claim in a report.
3 August 2016, 06:58 AM
Michael Jordan speaks against both police killings, targeting of police
Basketball legend Michael Jordan speaks out on police violence and announces two $1 million grants, to civil rights group NAACP's Legal Defense Fund and to a group that works on improving police relations with communities.
26 July 2016, 06:18 AM
Two Bangladesh athletes get wild card entry for Rio Olympics
The International Olympic Committee approve 'wild card' entries to the Olympic Games for two Bangladeshi athletes, Mahfuzur Rahman Sagor and Sonia Akhter Tumpa.
9 July 2016, 09:23 AM
FBI looking at whether Orlando gunman led secret gay life
The murky picture of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen grew more complex Tuesday with word that the FBI is investigating whether he had been a regular at the gay dance club he attacked and had been leading a secret life as a gay man.
15 June 2016, 04:03 AM
Orlando: Dad unaware that attacker had 'hatred in his heart'
The father of a gunman who killed 50 people in an Orlando gay club says he did not know that his son had "hatred in his heart".
13 June 2016, 08:10 AM
Shooting over school body polls leaves 7 injured
At least seven people, including two siblings, suffered bullet injuries as the president of a high school managing committee
31 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Baki takes aim at Bangladesh Olympics medal drought
An Olympics triumph can make you a hero in any country but legendary status awaits Abdullah Hel Baki if he can finally rid Bangladesh of an unwanted distinction, the biggest nation never to win a medal.
31 May 2016, 06:09 AM
Baki gets wild card for Rio
The International Olympic Committee yesterday granted a 'wild card' for shooter Abdullah Hel Baki for the upcoming Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 5 to 21.
11 May 2016, 18:00 PM