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Bulbul's Advisory Committee clouded in questions

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul’s three-member Advisory Committee has attracted a lot of criticism as the nomination of its members has not been in line with the board’s constitution.
20 June 2025, 18:05 PM

‘Based on necessity’: BCB president defends appointment of three advisors

“We’ll try to adjust this. Earlier too, advisors were appointed in the same way—based on necessity.”
19 June 2025, 19:19 PM

BPL probe drags on after 50 interviews in five months

The independent inquiry committee, set up by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in February to assist its Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) in investigating suspicious activities during the last Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20, will need another one-and-a-half to two months to finalise its report.
19 June 2025, 17:52 PM

Mahbub Anam appointed chairman of BPL governing council

Bangladesh Cricket Board director Mahbub Anam was named the new chairman of the Bangladesh Premier League governing council, BCB president Aminul Islam Bulbul confirmed to The Daily Star today.
19 June 2025, 14:49 PM

BCB president forms three-member Advisory Committee

Bangladeshi Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul has nominated Shakawath Hossain, Syed Abid Sami and Shyikh Mahadi as members of the President’s Advisory Committee, a BCB press release confirmed today.
19 June 2025, 14:03 PM

Bulbul-led BCB to discuss media rights, plan Test status anniversary today

Bangladesh played their inaugural Test in 2000 against India, with new board president Bulbul scoring a ton in the game.
18 June 2025, 18:00 PM

BCB to felicitate inaugural Test members

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will accord a reception to its inaugural Test members on June 26 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to mark the 25th anniversary of receiving Test status.
18 June 2025, 14:44 PM

Taskin uncertain for white-ball series in Sri Lanka

Bangladesh are unlikely to get the services of pacer Taskin Ahmed in the limited-over part of their upcoming full tour of Sri Lanka, as according to a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) physician, the board will only review his case after this month.
13 June 2025, 15:02 PM

Long-term planning or short-term thinking?

Is BCB building a team for the future, or simply reacting to the present?
13 June 2025, 01:15 AM

No media manager in SL tour as BCB moving in reverse

The first thing that greets the eyes in the Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) official website is the Bangladesh squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, a tournament that concluded over three months ago.
12 June 2025, 13:18 PM

Living in orthodoxy: Rishad needs to rethink his MO

Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain needs to go back to the training ground and rethink how he wants to win games for the Tigers. Because what he has been dishing out in Bangladesh’s consecutive T20I tours of the UAE and Pakistan has been nothing short of ordinary.
3 June 2025, 19:54 PM

Writ petition challenges Faruque Ahmed’s removal as BCB president

The petition also challenged the legality of NSC's decision to appoint former national captain Aminul Islam Bulbul as the new BCB president, Faruque's counsel Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal told The Daily Star.
1 June 2025, 14:14 PM

Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur want to become international coaches: Bulbul

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul informed that veterans Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad had expressed a desire to become coaches at the international level.
1 June 2025, 11:49 AM

Bulbul begins BCB tenure with decentralisation drive

In his address, the former Bangladesh captain stressed the urgent need to launch four new development programmes. However, there were no discussions about elections or constitutional reforms.
1 June 2025, 03:00 AM

Caught in a perfect storm, Tigers grasping at straws

Consecutive defeats on the ground, chaos at the board and regression in the rankings -- all have combined to create a perfect storm for Bangladesh cricket in the last few days, one that has left fans, and the players, grasping at straws to somehow keep their love for the game and the Bangladesh team from fading into oblivion.
1 June 2025, 03:00 AM

‘Faruque removed for performance, not corruption’

Youth and Sports Advisor Asif Mahmud has clarified that the removal of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Faruque Ahmed was driven by performance issues, not allegations of corruption.
31 May 2025, 15:42 PM

ICC has welcomed Faruque’s removal: Sports adviser

He has also clarified that the removal of Faruque Ahmed was driven by performance issues, not allegations of corruption.
31 May 2025, 14:17 PM

Shoriful ruled out of third Pakistan T20I

Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam will not be available for tomorrow’s third and final T20I against Pakistan and will be out of action for at least two weeks due to a muscle injury, a Bangladesh Cricket Board press release confirmed today. 
31 May 2025, 13:21 PM

The curious case of BCB directors’ no-confidence motion

Faruque Ahmed ascended to the presidency of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) after the July uprising, with the onus of reforming the board from the inside. But his tenure ended in a little over nine months before the reform initiative could even begin.
31 May 2025, 02:00 AM

Bulbul replaces Faruque as BCB president

Former national skipper Aminul Islam Bulbul was elected as the new board president of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday, ending weeks of speculation about him replacing former president Faruque Ahmed.
30 May 2025, 18:18 PM