The BCB has made two amendments to its structure on the 2024 Annual Common Assembly (AGM) in Dhaka on Sunday, with a view to launching its personal TV channel. The board desires to make sure all aggressive cricket that it runs within the nation is broadcast, with this channel plugging any gaps.
“We additionally wish to present home cricket on TV. Everybody thinks that it’ll increase the usual of cricket within the nation. Individuals can then see the usual of umpiring in home cricket, for instance.”
The amendments have been made to sub-clauses 6.17 and 6.20, which fall below the “scope and duty” part of the BCB’s structure. The brand new 6.17 sub-clause permits the board to reinforce its monetary transactions and banking actions. The brand new 6.20 sub-clause talks of the choice to kind “a number of trusts, firms, societies/foundations as essential to attain ancillary goals together with enhancement of infrastructural, financial, business and social services for the event of cricket throughout the nation”.
BCB chief government Nizamuddin Chowdhury mentioned the concept was to not flip the nationwide board right into a “enterprise enterprise”, however launching a TV channel would require the board to strengthen its authorized framework.
“In accordance with our authorized recommendation, we’ve got made the amendments to carry extra dynamism to our monetary transactions and banking actions,” Chowdhury mentioned. “As there are various standards of Bangladesh Financial institution that we’ve got to satisfy to make banking transactions.
“[That BCB is looking to become a business enterprise] is deceptive info. There is a distinction between firm formation and floating shares of an organization within the share market. We’ve got a plan to kind BCB TV, for which we’ve got to return right into a authorized framework by way of the BCB’s structure.”
The AGM introduced collectively the BCB’s 170-plus councilors (or members) from totally different backgrounds, the vast majority of whom are from Bangladesh’s 64 districts.
The BCB has lengthy promised to kind regional cricket our bodies and whereas most cricket in these areas is being run by ad-hoc committees, the board officers, primarily primarily based within the capital Dhaka, haven’t allowed them autonomy. In accordance with BCB chief Hassan, the regional our bodies should show themselves first earlier than independence is granted.
“Regional cricket associations can’t be freed from the centre’s interference until we’re happy with their work. They don’t seem to be unbiased proper now. However our massive image plan is to make them unbiased our bodies. It’s not decentralisation. It’s de-concentration. We’re decreasing focus away from Dhaka. Finally it will likely be decentralised.”
The BCB has allotted every physique BDT 2 million (USD 17,400 approx) to organise a match within the coming months. “We’ve got advised them to organise a T20 match as a take a look at case. We can pay them BDT 2 million initially. We’ll see how they carry out and expend this cash,” Hassan mentioned. “We aren’t paying them blindly. Not all districts get cash. Solely those that are organising cricket are getting cash.”
Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84
