Shahadat Hossain banned for five years for assaulting team-mate

Last season's winners Rajshahi Division, meanwhile, have been demoted to Tier-2

A round-up of the action from both tiers of the National Cricket League

'I am sure someone will go past me but I am glad that I am the first one'

Legspinner Rishad Hossain and batsmen Anamul Haque and Pinak Ghosh impress in the third round of action

Two matches ended in results, and Khulna and Barisal held on to the top spots in their groups

Imrul Kayes scored 202*, Jahurul batted for more than 10 hours against Dhaka Division and Taijul Islam took nine wickets

The BCB's age-group system works well but only one of its three domestic competitions is producing anything close to finished cricketers