The first female director of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is about to be appointed. M Isfak Ahsan, one of the representatives of the sports regulatory board, is anticipated to be replaced by a female director at the National Sports Council.
Aminul Islam was re-elected as BCB president on Monday, but the NSC decided to remove Isfak’s name immediately after the names of the 25 directors were released. A BCB official stated to Cricbuzz that “NSC is expected to nominate a woman representative in the board to replace Isfak as a board director.”
In order to achieve some kind of gender balance on the board, Aminul stated during the first news conference after the election that they are considering adding women as directors.
“Look, the law in cricket changes every year. With the new law, playing conditions also change. But our constitution doesn’t change. So we will try to bring some changes,” Aminul said after the election.
“The biggest change we should bring is that our cricket board is male dominated. We need female directors to create gender equality. We need independent directors. We will work a lot on that.”
Aminul continued by asserting that his strong desire to see cricket flourish in the nation was the reason he chose to remain president.
“I have fallen in love with the development of Bangladesh cricket,” he said. “I came for a short term, and that short term was my plan. But when I started doing small tasks through a fruitful program and began to see success, I didn’t think of anything else. I have stayed with the goal of serving more for my country.
“Our cricket comes before all our posts. We will be committed, Inshallah, to how we can take this cricket forward,” he said.
Regardless of whether they are on the board or not, Bulbul asked all interested parties to support Bangladesh cricket.
Tamim Iqbal recently chose to abstain from the elections, claiming meddling by the government. In an effort to protest what they perceived to be an unfair election, many club officials also chose to abstain from voting.
“Regardless of who is on the board, we will invite everyone to work with us and help take Bangladesh cricket forward. Bangladesh belongs to everyone. We will soon go to them (protesting clubs) and ask them to cooperate.
“The board’s responsibility is one: to take Bangladesh cricket forward. That is our focus, and we will work with everyone to do it,” he concluded.
