Now, will the BCB finally demand accountability from Hathurusingha or will they maintain the status quo as raising questions will bring them directly into the firing line?
When asked about the team’s approach in the Afghanistan game, Papon had no answers, saying, “What can I say about that?”
Shakib Al Hasan's remarks that playing Zimbabwe in a T20 series was not adequate preparation for upcoming the T20 World Cup had caused quite a bit of stir.
Mohammedan Sporting Club sought the intervention of youth and sports minister Nazmul Hassan Papon for justice over the title-deciding match of the Green Delta Insurance Premier Hockey League against Abahani, claiming that the club is not getting cooperation from Bangladesh Hockey Federation.
Nazmul Hassan Papon, the youth and sports minister of Bangladesh, sought assistance from Argentina for developing the country's football and promised to extend Bangladesh’s help to develop Argentina’s cricket during a courtesy meeting at the Sports Ministry today with Marcelo C. Cesa, the ambassador to Bangladesh.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today met the members of the Australia and Bangladesh women’s cricket teams at her official residence Gono Bhaban today.
“If you ask me, it would have been better had Liton not played in the Test,” Papon told the media today.
“I was given the report and there is nothing against any board director and not even a word against anyone,” Papon told the media.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will hold a board meeting on Saturday to approve the report of the CEO and CFO in order to hold the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) later this month, confirmed BCB’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus on Friday.
Who authorised the selection of the national selector became a pertinent question yesterday after vice-chairman of cricket operations committee and national team director Khaled Mahmud Sujon expressed surprise at the manner of Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu’s appointment.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) held the ninth board meeting of the incumbent board yesterday where changes made in captaincy and the selection panel were the biggest highlights.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will sit for a board meeting today with important agendas such as the ODI World Cup report officially being handed out, the formation and tenure of the selection panel and central contracts for players amongst major issues.
Youth and Sports Minister Nazmul Hassan Papon is mulling to open the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in Dhaka partially before the expiration of its renovation works project comes to an end in December 2024.
“A relationship of so many years can’t end because of one conversation,” Papon told the reporters after the meeting today.
The cricket fans of Khulna cannot remember the last time an international cricket match was held at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium (SANS) nor are they too optimistic about seeing one at the Rupsha-Bhairab shore any time soon.
The Tigers' performance in the 50-over World Cup in India was nothing but shambolic, and their elimination from the group stage with seven defeats against only two wins had placed the Nazmul Hassan Papon-led board on the receiving end of a barrage of criticism.
Both football and hockey sought financial help apart from the infrastructural development to roll their respective disciplines into the ground regularly.
The newly appointed Minister of Youth and Sports is confident of meeting the demands placed by eight sports federations and national women’s sports association.
Youth and sports minister Nazmul Hassan Papon on Sunday emphasised on the completion of the renovation work at the country’s premier sporting venue, the Bangabandhu National Stadium, within its December timeframe.