Papon Becomes BCB President for Fourth Time

Nazmul Hassan Papon was elected the president of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) today, just a day after he grabbed the highest votes to be the director in the board of directors’ election.

After the election commission published the results officially today at the BCB's headquarters at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. AJM Nasir Uddin, a director from the Chattogram Division, proposed Papon's name as the president and his proposal was supported by two directors-Enayet Hossain Siraj and Gazi Golam Mortuza Pappa.

It was the third straight time, Papon was elected BCB president, while it’s his fourth term in BCB as its chief.

Nazmul Hassan Papon became the president of the country's most influential sporting body after being nominated by the government in 2012 when the then BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal became the ICC president. As ICC made it mandatory to elect president by an election for its all member countries, the BCB changed its constitution, paving the way of election in this post.

However, Papon became the first elected president in BCB's history in 2013 and then again was elected in 2017. (BSS)