Bangladesh Cricket Board finance committee chief M. Najmul Islam has pushed back against questions over the board’s legitimacy after newly appointed state minister Aminul Haque described the BCB’s last election as questionable, speaking in Dhaka following his assumption of office.
Aminul Haque did not raise the issue quietly. Even before joining the government, the former national football captain spoke openly about governance standards in sport, and he repeated that theme after taking charge of the youth and sports ministry.
Najmul Islam urged caution in how those remarks get read. “I think he said something earlier, but now he does not seem to be saying the same thing,” he said, drawing a clear line between life outside government and the realities inside it. He added, “There is always a difference between what someone says before joining the government and after. From a position of responsibility, it is better to speak with responsibility.”
He then turned to the board’s day-to-day work and shut down any suggestion of drift. “We are working exactly the way we worked before,” Najmul said. “We are an elected board, and the government that came in is also elected.”
That comparison mattered. Najmul framed the relationship as parallel, not confrontational. “Everyone follows their own norms. We will follow our rules, and the government will consider how things should run,” he said, before stressing, “We are still working the same way.”
The noise around the BCB election has not stayed in studios and columns. Legal cases linked to the election now sit in court, adding another layer of tension around Mirpur boardrooms.
Najmul refused to bite on that front. “People will keep talking, and we cannot stop them,” he said. “We have no comments on the case. If something is before the court, it becomes sub judice, and I do not want to speak on it.”
