Khairul Alam; Dhaka; Sports Desk – The rumor mill was churning since allegations of irregularities surface. Finally, it became true. The National Sports Council (NSC) dissolved the current Board of Directors of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday (7 April) afternoon.
The action was taken based on evidence of irregularities in last October’s elections.
Simultaneously, an 11-member ad-hoc committee has been formed, led by former captain Tamim Iqbal. Elections will be held within the next three months. NSC Sports Director Mohammad Aminul Ehsan made this formal announcement in a press conference.
Ehsan presented the report of the NSC investigation committee at the conference. He informed that the dissolution of the current BCB board has already been conveyed to the International Cricket Council (ICC) via email.
Along with this, the names of the newly formed ad-hoc committee and a detailed report of the irregularity investigation have also been sent to the ICC.
The investigation committee had submitted its report to the NSC two days ago. The report found that the BCB elections were not entirely transparent. Several of the current directors had admitted to these irregularities before the investigation committee.
Prior to the NSC’s emergency meeting, there were rumors of a 15-member committee. However, an 11-member ad-hoc committee was eventually formed for a three-month tenure, with Tamim Iqbal as the head. The other members are: Rashna Imam, Mirza Yasir Abbas, Syed Ibrahim Ahmed, Israfel Khosru, Minhajul Abedin, Atahar Ali Khan, Tanjim Chowdhury, Salman Ispahani, Rafiqul Islam, and Fahim Sinha.
Although it started with a 25-member board, BCB was already in a fragile state after the controversial October election. Only 17 directors remained on the board.
Questions about the board’s transparency and fears of dissolution surfaced within six months of taking office, leading to the resignation of seven directors. Now, the entire board has been dissolved by the NSC’s intervention.