NSC to wait for inquiry committee's report to decide BCB's fate

The National Sports Council (NSC) official said on Friday that they will take a call on the future of the Bangladesh Cricket Board once they receive the report that will be prepared by a newly-formed five-member inquiry committee, according to Cricbuzz.

Recently, the NSC formed an investigation committee to probe the BCB election after widespread allegations were made against the process that was followed during the last election. NSC asked the committee to submit its report to the State Minister for Youth and Sports within 15 working days. The announcement from the NSC high-up came days after it dissolved all the ad-hoc committees that had been functioning at Upazila, District and Divisional Sports Associations. NSC announced the decision through an official notification submitted to different sports associations on March 10, which was accessed by Cricbuzz, where they directed the concerned authorities to form new ad-hoc committees and abolish the previous ones.

"Under the powers conferred by Section 2 (15) of the National Sports Council (NSC) Act, 2018, the Upazila Sports Associations, District Sports Associations, and Divisional Sports Associations have been functioning for the development of local sports according to their respective constitutions," stated the letter that was submitted by the NSC to different sports bodies. "In accordance with Article 24.3 of the Upazila Sports Association Constitution, Article 28.3 of the District Sports Association Constitution, and Article 23.3 of the Divisional Sports Association Constitution, the previously formed Committees/Ad-hoc Committees of the Upazila, District, and Divisional Sports Associations, respectively, have been dissolved with the approval of the Chairman of the NSC," it stated.

"Simultaneously, all previously issued letters or directives regarding the formation of Committees/Ad-hoc Committees have also been revoked. By virtue of the powers vested in the NSC, the proposal for the formation of seven-member Ad-hoc Committees for the Upazila Sports Associations, District Sports Associations, and Divisional Sports Associations," it added.