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Published : 08 Apr 2026, 06:34 PM
Cumilla-4 MP Hasnat Abdullah has launched a scathing attack on the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in parliament, claiming the board had lost its integrity.
On Wednesday, he said the BCB is no longer a cricket board; it has become a “board of patronage”.
Hasnat objected to the July Mass Uprising (Protection and Liability Determination) Bill, 2026.
After the session resumed at 3:30pm, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed tabled the bill, which Hasnat immediately opposed, though his objection was rejected by voice vote.
The controversy follows Tamim Iqbal’s appointment as head of an ad-hoc BCB committee on Tuesday, replacing Aminul Islam Bulbul.
Despite this, Bulbul continues to claim he is the board’s “only legitimate leader”, calling the move “a constitutional coup”.
On the bill, Hasnat scrutinised definitions related to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), asking: “Who will determine what constitutes killings committed for narrow and personal interests?”
He warned that under the proposed law, indemnity would depend on a commission he fears could be “completely controlled by the government”.
He also alleged that the NHRC had historically been used to suppress opposition, justify enforced disappearances, and legitimise killings.
He demanded the NHRC not be placed under the home ministry and highlighted wider politicisation in state-run bodies including the judiciary and central bank.
The home minister defended the bill, stating it provides legal protection for participants of the July Uprising, a demand rooted in the July National Charter.
Responding to Hasnat’s BCB criticism, Salahuddin argued the former sports advisor of the interim government had exercised undue influence to form the previous board through district committees and registered club councillors.
