Ashraful replaced by Bulbul in Dhaka Division sports committee
Formed under section 2(15) of the National Sports Council Act 2018, the NSC had initially included Ashraful as a member of the 11-member committee on 8 July. Former cricketer Roquibul Hassan was also named as a member.
The National Sports Council (NSC) has replaced former cricketer Mohammad Ashraful in the Dhaka Division Sports Association ad-hoc committee with current Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul.
Formed under section 2(15) of the National Sports Council Act 2018, the NSC had initially included Ashraful as a member of the 11-member committee on 8 July. Former cricketer Roquibul Hassan was also named as a member.
As per an NSC directive issued on 8 September, Bulbul has now been appointed in place of Ashraful.
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There has also been a change in the Dhaka District Sports Association ad-hoc committee. Umpire Shathira Jakir Jessy, who had earlier been named a member alongside former national player Javed Omar Belim in an August directive, has been replaced by incumbent BCB director Nazmul Abedeen Fahim in the 8 September directive.
Other members of the Dhaka District ad-hoc committee remain unchanged, including hockey organiser Yusuf Ali, archery organiser Anisur Rahman, sports organiser Tarek Ahmed Adel, students' representative Fardeen Hasan, and sports journalist Arifur Rahman.
Following the fall of the Awami League government in August last year, the NSC appointed Faruque Ahmed and Fahim as directors under the NSC quota, replacing incumbent directors Jalal Yunus and Sajjadul Alam. Faruque was later elected as BCB president.
However, nine months into his role, the NSC cancelled Faruque's nomination under the NSC quota after eight BCB directors submitted a letter to the Ministry of Sports expressing no confidence in the board chief.
The NSC then nominated Bulbul as a councillor before he was elected a director in place of Faruque. On 30 May, the incumbent board of directors subsequently elected Bulbul as BCB president.
