BCB director says, ‘BCB has surpassed all corruption records in 6 months’

Sports Desk

BCB Director and CCDM Committee Chairman Adnan Rahman Dipon has dropped a bombshell. In an interview with a private television channel, he said that the current board has witnessed the same corruption in just 6 months as Nazmul Hasan Papon’s 15-year board.

Dipan, who became a director in the controversial club quota election, said, “As a board director, I can say with 100 percent certainty that Papon has committed 15 years of corruption in the last six months. It was beyond the imagination of many. If I hadn’t entered the board, I wouldn’t have believed that they are so corrupt.”

After the fall of the Awami League government in August 2024, Farooq Ahmed was brought in charge of the board. Later, Farooq was removed after 9 months and Aminul Islam Bulbul was made president in a controversial election, with Farooq also serving as vice-president of this board. It has been reported that Bulbul and Farooq are jointly organizing a corruption festival with the help of recently resigned sports advisor Asif Mahmud.

A few days ago, soil worth several crores of taka was stolen in broad daylight to build a pitch at the Purbachal Stadium under construction by the BCB. The BCB has not been able to find any trace of the soil worth 30 crore taka. Soil is also going missing in other stadiums in the country.

Apart from this, there are regular reports of irregularities in the selection of BPL teams. Last year, the most controversial BPL in the country’s history was organized. Many of the domestic and foreign players did not receive their salaries. Even the issue of fixing came into discussion. This year, the organization of BPL has been controversial since the beginning. Several reports have been seen in various media outlets about the selection of controversial people and the presence of suspects.

Amidst all this, grassroots club cricket in the country is almost at a standstill. The Dhaka First Division is being organized with 12 clubs instead of 20 clubs. The Dhaka Premier League is uncertain. In such a situation, a director of the BCB himself has publicly spoken about the corruption of their board.