The high-ups of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) can stay happy campers following the national team's success in the last eight months in international cricket, especially in the ODIs.

But it is a well-known fact that only a good domestic structure can further enhance and strengthen the sport in Bangladesh and help players to perform in Tests.

However, that the BCB is yet to finalise the domestic calendar for this season, which began in July this year, cannot be good news.

The BCB had made promises of pertaining to a resolute domestic schedule for the coming years several times in the past, the dream however of a fixed calendar still seems quite distant.

BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon admitted that the situation wasn't ideal for a cricketing nation, which has just begun to show its mettle in world cricket.

"I have called a board meeting on August 22 and in that meeting the highest priority will be given to fixing a domestic calendar for this season. We will also be speaking about our domestic structure at length," the BCB boss told The Daily Star over phone yesterday.

It will be a rather unique feat if the issues regarding domestic cricket, as Papon said, do indeed dominate the upcoming board meeting.

With no permanent domestic calendar and no pre-season preparation, players generally aren't able to give their best during the two first-class tournaments; the after effects of which are visible in Bangladesh's Test career.

"Domestic cricket will be given top priority from now on and I want to come out from the culture of making last minute decisions. We have to fix the calendar for the next few seasons.

"In my opinion, for the future of our cricket, we need to strengthen our domestic structure and there are no doubts regarding that. We are going through a good time, so it's time for us to capitalise on it since you are likely to get good and positive response from everywhere, with regards to whatever decision you plan to take," said Papon.

"I also want to give special emphasis on age-level competitions. I think we don't have proper monitoring in this level. I have heard stories of players getting chances mainly due to favours from the inside. That isn't a good thing.

"Another thing that I would like to find out is as to why we haven't been able to produce cricketers from regions like Chittagong and Mymensingh," he added.

While the BCB president's excitement, no doubt, is an encouraging sign, there are however, a number of obstacles that he may have to overcome in order to enforce his aforementioned wishes.

Some of which were described by BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury yesterday.

"We have to give priority to international commitments. We don't have enough grounds and every committee wants the best facilities to host their respective tournaments or leagues. But before everything we will have to fix the calendar. These are issues that will be discussed in the meeting."

The lack of sporting wickets in domestic cricket has been a perennial problem and in order to address that the BCB is planning to hire more curators.

"We don't have enough curators. We are currently looking to hire curators from our neighbouring countries. It's a move that I believe will help our local curators," informed Chowdhury.