BCB’s huge expenses behind ‘hybrid president’ Bulbul

Sports Desk

The president and directors of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) are not salaried. Those who became president before Aminul Islam Bulbul had some other profession. Most of them were businessmen. Officially, Bulbul is also not paid, the interesting thing is that he is not involved in any profession. The question may arise, so how is it going? This is where the game of loopholes and strategy lies.

Farooq Ahmed was removed and the sports adviser of the interim government directly intervened and made Bulbul president 4 months ago. Farooq was also expressing a lot of anger in the media at that time. Interestingly, in the last election, Farooq and Bulbul joined hands and both of them are consolidating power. Bulbul was elected president and Faruk vice-president. In the history of the BCB, the election was corrupt.

Bulbul was the development officer of the ICC. The former captain returned to Bangladesh as the president of the BCB at the moment of the contract ending.

He used to get a huge salary in the ICC. And he came to the BCB without pay. Many people ask how is it going? Bulbul’s family, who are Australian citizens, live in that country. His wife also works there. He is financially self-sufficient. However, if you are lying somewhere without pay, the savings are supposed to be exhausted.

In fact, it’s the opposite. Although officially unpaid, Bulbul’s income from the BCB is huge, and the BCB’s expenses are huge. He went on holiday there a few days later as his family was in Australia. The BCB pays the cost of business class air tickets. Bulbul does not own a house in Dhaka, a five-star hotel in Sonargaon. The BCB has rented a suite for Bulbul in this elite hotel, whose daily rent is Rs 16,000. That is, the BCB spends Rs 5 lakh on Bulbul for hotel rent per month.

Apart from this, there is a separate allowance for the number of meetings he attends. He stayed in Bangladesh and held meetings with some committee at the BCB office almost every day. There is a separate honorarium for these meetings. No president has ever held so many meetings before. The BCB is basically a corporate organization, from the chief executive officer to the salaried officers and employees employed there, the daily work is managed. There’s not much the regular president can do. The job of the president and directors is to formulate the policy or agree to the policy made. It’s not a daily job. However, since Bulbul is not involved in any other profession, he accepts allowances in the name of various carpenters.

Every 4-5 weeks, the business class ticket to Australia, the bill of a five-star hotel, the monthly expense of the BCB behind Bulbul is about Rs 20 lakh. There has never been such an expensive president in the history of the BCB. It is incomprehensible what the meaning of spending so much a month behind the president is incomprehensible.

Since Bulbul is a person in the current circle of power, no one related to cricket wants to open his mouth about these matters. Almost everyone is silent for fear of being in danger. A former captain, who is reluctant to disclose his name, said, “It is like a white elephant. If so much is spent on the president, how will development be done? And if he has to take money from the BCB, then the constitution should be amended. It should be publicly reported by adding a specific honorarium to the post of board president. In this way, it is hypocritical to be a lover of cricket in public and a lover of luxury behind the scenes. ’