Bulbul stops salaries of 60 BCB employees without notice

Sports Desk

There is no negligence in the work, no other shortcomings. Yet, even though the rest of them received their salaries at the end of the month, 60 employees under the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) contract did not receive their salaries. What is their crime? They do not understand why this was done to them.

Reliable sources have confirmed that there is extreme unrest within the BCB. The new president, Aminul Islam Bulbul, is moving towards laying off old employees to give jobs to people of his choice. He has stopped the salaries of 60 employees who are on contract, disregarding any rules.

Among these 60 people, there are also some coaches working at the local level. Recently, he appointed a firm on the advice of the Sports Ministry to fix a new HR policy. He told the media that he wants to revamp BCB’s HR. The real aim is to eliminate the old ones and appoint people of his choice.

A BCB official, who did not wish to be named, said, “We are paid before the start of the new month. This time, everyone has received their salaries, but 60 of us have not received our salaries. I hear that we will be forced to leave without paying our salaries. Our family lives on our salaries. What will we do now? We cannot even protest publicly now for fear of not getting the due money.”

Another said, “I hear that Bulbul Bhai is going to recruit new staff along with the sports advisor. We have also heard that 5 to 7 lakh taka has been taken from those who will be recruited.”

After the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024, there have been several changes in the BCB board of directors. Farooq Ahmed was first appointed as the president. He was later removed because he could not do many immoral things.

He was creating his own circle without listening to much of the government. Bulbul was brought in because of his character. This former captain is good at following orders. But the question arises, why is he accepting those orders even if they are immoral?

After becoming the president of the BCB, the unpaid one. The question of why Bulbul joined an unpaid position after coming from a high-paying job at the ICC also arose from the beginning. It is learned that Asif Mahmud, the controversial advisor to the Ministry of Sports, has promised to provide him with an income.

Asif’s PS has already been accused of corruption worth Tk 300 crore. His father Billal Hossain has been accused of tender rigging, mob terrorism and other charges. This same group now wants to do business in recruiting BCB staff.