The BCB has made two amendments to its constitution on the 2024 Annual Common Assembly (AGM) in Dhaka on Sunday, with a view to launching its personal TV channel. The board desires to guarantee all aggressive cricket that it runs within the nation is broadcast, with this channel plugging any gaps.
“We additionally need to present home cricket on TV. Everybody thinks that it’ll elevate the usual of cricket within the nation. Folks 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 underneath the “scope and duty” part of the BCB’s constitution. The brand new 6.17 sub-clause permits the board to improve its monetary transactions and banking actions. The brand new 6.20 sub-clause talks of the choice to type “a number of trusts, firms, societies/foundations as mandatory to obtain ancillary goals together with enhancement of infrastructural, financial, business and social services for the event of cricket throughout the nation”.
BCB chief govt Nizamuddin Chowdhury mentioned the thought was not to 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 to our authorized recommendation, we’ve got made the amendments to convey extra dynamism to our monetary transactions and banking actions,” Chowdhury mentioned. “As you understand there are numerous standards of Bangladesh Financial institution that we’ve got to meet to make banking transactions.
“[That BCB is looking to become a business enterprise] is deceptive data. There is a distinction between firm formation and floating shares of an organization within the share market. Now we have a plan to type BCB TV, for which we’ve got to come right into a authorized framework via the BCB’s constitution.”
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 type regional cricket our bodies and whereas most cricket in these areas is being run by ad-hoc committees, the board officers, primarily based mostly within the capital Dhaka, haven’t allowed them autonomy. In accordance to BCB chief Hassan, the regional our bodies have to show themselves first earlier than independence is granted.
“Regional cricket associations can’t be freed from the centre’s interference except we’re glad with their work. They don’t seem to be unbiased proper now. However our large image plan is to make them unbiased our bodies. It isn’t decentralisation. It’s de-concentration. We’re decreasing focus away from Dhaka. Finally it is going to be decentralised.”
The BCB has allotted every physique BDT 2 million (USD 17,400 approx) to organise a event within the coming months. “Now we have advised them to organise a T20 event as a take a look at case. We can pay them BDT 2 million initially. We are going to 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
