Bangladesh govt probe finds vote-rigging in 2025 BCB elections

Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 8 (ANI): The Bangladesh government's investigation committee has uncovered evidence of vote-rigging, bias, and coercion in the October 2025 Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) elections. The five-member panel, led by former justice AKM Asaduzzaman, submitted its findings to the sports ministry on Sunday, as per ESPNcricinfo.

The committee reported a lack of cooperation from BCB's top officials on multiple occasions. Former BCB president Aminul Islam said in a recent interview that he did not participate in a face-to-face meeting with the panel, opting instead to submit a written response.

Despite this, the committee found that both BCB officials and individuals within the sports ministry were involved in irregularities during the election process.

Mohammed Aminul Ahesan, the NSC sports director, read out the government's report at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, "The election process was not free, fair or transparent. Voters were intimidated, and procedural irregularities were rampant."

Ahesan stated that the government had sufficient grounds to dissolve the Aminul-led BCB board. Concluding his press briefing, he announced the 11 members of a new ad hoc committee that will oversee the BCB for the next three months. Tamim Iqbal, the former Bangladesh captain, who had accused Aminul of abusing his authority as BCB president just four weeks before last year's election, has been appointed as the new BCB president.

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