BCB election plunged into fresh uncertainty after schedule breach

Bangladesh cricket’s long-running boardroom drama has deepened after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) failed to publish its draft voters’ list on time, raising further questions about whether the upcoming election will proceed smoothly. The final meeting of the current BCB board of directors, scheduled for 6:30pm on Monday, was delayed by three hours and ran until nearly midnight. Despite being billed as a short, procedural session, it ended without approving the draft list of councillors -- the voters who will decide the next board. The failure marked an immediate breach of the official election schedule, which had set Monday evening as the deadline for finalising councillors and publishing the draft voters’ list. The delay followed days of courtroom drama after...