Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon yesterday cleared the air about his ad-hoc committee’s position regarding the recent amendments to the board’s constitution. While speaking at an ‘Exchange of View” programme at the Ruposhi Bangla Hotel the BCB boss said that his ad-hoc committee didn’t make any recommendation for the
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Tour postponed
Concerns over Pakistanis’ BPL participation Bangladesh’s two-day tour of Pakistan, which was scheduled to take place on January 12 and 13, has been postponed on security grounds, informed Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon in a press conference at a city hotel yesterday. Papon stated that the board would continue observing the security ... Read more
Bangladesh’s proposed tour to Pakistan cancelled
BCB chief Nazmul Hassan has said Bangladesh will only tour Pakistan if the security situation in the country improves. He remained noncommittal, not saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the proposed tour, but it was made clear in various ways that the January visit has, for now, been ruled out. “The ICC minutes has it that ... Read more
BCB chasing its own tail
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has finally fallen back to their well-worn method of forming a committee to resolve the problem regarding the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). When all and sundry were looking forward to a bold decision from newly appointed BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon regarding the long-pending issue, all they got
Gentleman’s agreement with Pybus
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday expressed their disappointment over Richard Pybus’s failure to sign a deal with the board regarding his tenure as the head coach of the national team. BCB officials expressed their concern after the leading Bengali daily Prothom Alo claimed that the deal between Pybus and the board, which took place in ... Read more
AIUB becomes educational partner of BCB
American International University-Bangladesh renewed its Memorandum of Understanding with the Bangladesh Cricket Board on October 1 and became the official education partner of the BCB for a further three years, said a press release. Under the MOU, AIUB will provide educational training on short-term courses of
Huge response to BCB call
Sameeha Chowdhury, a 13-year-old girl from Old Dhaka, was all excitement as she stood in line to register her name with the Bangladeshi Cricket Board (BCB). “I have been playing cricket ever since I was 11 years old. I used to play with my brother and my cousins. It’ll be a dream-come-true for me if ... Read more
BCB looking for women cricketers
The Women’s Wing of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will carry out a registration programme for talented women cricketers. The registration is open to all and will take place on October 2 at the SAHARA-BCB National Cricket Academy Ground in Mirpur from 11am to 3pm. There is
BCB extends tender for WI tour
After not having received a suitable offer for its worldwide media rights, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has launched a separate tender for the media rights for the upcoming West Indies tour to Bangladesh, which is scheduled to take place from November 5 to December 11 this year. As per the new deadline set by ... Read more
BCB to float fresh tender
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has decided to float a fresh tender for its worldwide media rights after the failure of negotiations with local media conglomerate Virgo Media Limited. The media company, which owns TV’s Channel 9, was asked to raise its original bidding value, worth 6 million dollars, in order to match the offer ... Read more
Minister discusses BCB amendments
State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarkar met with different stakeholders yesterday to discuss about the amended constitution of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The minister first met with district, division and club officials, who talked in favour of approving the amended constitution as it
Kamal wants BCB polls on time
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president AHM Mustafa Kamal said yesterday that he would prefer to see the board elections taking place on time. “I want the elections to be held on time and I hope it will take place on time,” the BCB boss told the Daily Star Sport over telephone
BCB eases TV rights clause
The Bangladesh Cricket Board in an emergency meeting on Tuesday relaxed the clause for its television broadcast and marketing rights to attract new bidders, said BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal after the meeting. The BCB, earlier, had put a clause that a company with minimum five years experience in
NCL awaits first ever day-night affair
The Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Tuesday that it will introduce day-night first-class match in the forthcoming National Cricket League in line with the guideline of the International Cricket Council. ‘The opening game and the final match of National Cricket League will be a day-night affair and a pink ball will be used as per ... Read more
BCB reviewing clauses
Tender for Worldwide Media Rights BCB reviewing clauses The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is in the process of rethinking some tough clauses following a poor response to their international tender for worldwide media rights. The board has already extended the timeline for obtaining tender documents and submission of tenders by another seven days in order ... Read more
Kamal faces strong opposition over cricketers’ councillorship
With the election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board scheduled for November, the councillors of the board started to pull up their socks by raising their voice against the president AHM Mustafa Kamal at a meeting at the Nationals Sports Council recently. Kamal recently wrote a letter to the NSC for retaining the councillorships of 15 ... Read more
Few buyers for BCB TV rights bid
The Bangladesh Cricket Board failed to attract too many companies to buy its television broadcast and marketing rights and extended time for purchasing the tender schedule for another seven days in the hope of roping in few more interested clients. The last date of buying the schedule for the TV rights ended on August 31 ... Read more
A landmark deal
BCB issues first-class contracts In a move to bring more professionalism and improve the standard of the country’s first-class cricket, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have brought one hundred and twenty first class cricketers under central contract. Earlier in April, fifteen national cricketers received contracts in five categories and now 105 more active first class ... Read more
BCB brings 120 players under first-class payroll
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has finalised a list of 120 first-class cricketers, who will be under its payroll for a year starting from January 2013. The selection criteria have already created some controversies as some of the senior players were put in B category while players without any reputation have been placed in
Saqlain lands with high expectations
Bangladesh’s new spin bowling coach, Pakistani spin legend, Saqlain Mushtaq arrived on Tuesday morning and meant business right away as he without delay headed for Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to join the national training camp. The Bangladesh Cricket Board roped in Saqlain for a four-month period to assist the