BCB puts BNS saga to rest

Opts for SBNS, Fatullah for WC matches
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday ruled out the chance of holding any World Cup 2011 matches at the Bangabandhu National Stadium and instead chose Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium and Fatullah Stadium for the event.
The BNS, however, has been retained as the venue for the opening ceremony while Chittagong and Khulna will be alternative venues. The BCB made the decision at a meeting of the Board of Directors chaired by its president Lt General Sina Ibn Jamali.
The decision put to a rest a debate after a section of club organisers demanded that the BNS, currently used by football and athletics, be made a match venue of the World Cup.
The organisers formed a human chain at the SBNS and submitted a memorandum to the BCB president before the Board of Directors meeting. Earlier on Thursday, they held a press conference to place their demands.
Jalal Yunus, chairman of the BCB’s media committee, said they have taken the memorandum with full respect, but were unable to fulfil the demand as the government had already instructed them about what to do with the World Cup venues.
‘We have talked to the National Sports Council chairman Ahad Ali Sarkar, who is also the state minister for youth and sports, and he informed us about the government’s decision on World Cup venues,’ he said.
Jalal added that they would forward the memorandum to the concerned authorities for consideration. ‘If the government changes its decision over BNS, we should not have any problem,’ he said.
The official said the alternate venues in Chittagong and Khulna will be developed by the BCB.

Courtesy of NewAgebd