<p>Grameenphone, a joint venture between Norway-based Telenor and Grameen Bank's sister concern Grameen Telecom Corporation, is out because of a conflict of interest with the International Cricket Council (ICC) sponsor Reliance Communications, an Indian mobile operator.<br /><br />In keeping with the ICC rules, no team is allowed to take a sponsor in any of their events that is conflicting with its commercial partners.<br /><br />Beximco, a private trading group Tuesday struck a deal worth 35 million taka (about $490,000) with the Bangladesh Cricket Board to sponsor the national cricket team.<br /><br />Beximco replaced Grameenphone, the largest telecom operator in Bangladesh, as the official sponsor of the 'tigers', the New Age reported.<br /><br />Bangladesh's national cricketers are fondly called tigers. Royal Bengal tiger is the country's national animal.</p>
<p>Grameenphone, a joint venture between Norway-based Telenor and Grameen Bank's sister concern Grameen Telecom Corporation, is out because of a conflict of interest with the International Cricket Council (ICC) sponsor Reliance Communications, an Indian mobile operator.<br /><br />In keeping with the ICC rules, no team is allowed to take a sponsor in any of their events that is conflicting with its commercial partners.<br /><br />Beximco, a private trading group Tuesday struck a deal worth 35 million taka (about $490,000) with the Bangladesh Cricket Board to sponsor the national cricket team.<br /><br />Beximco replaced Grameenphone, the largest telecom operator in Bangladesh, as the official sponsor of the 'tigers', the New Age reported.<br /><br />Bangladesh's national cricketers are fondly called tigers. Royal Bengal tiger is the country's national animal.</p>