NSC dissolves Upazila, District and Divisional Sports Associations’ ad-hoc committees

National Sports Council (NSC) official said on Friday that they have dissolved all the ad-hoc committees that had been functioning at Upazila, District and Divisional Sports Associations.

NSC announced the decision through an official notification submitted to different sports associations on 10 March 2026, which was seen and obtained by Daily Sun, and asked them to form new ad-hoc committees.

“Under the powers conferred by Section 2 (15) of the National Sports Council Act, 2018, the Upazila Sports Associations, District Sports Associations, and Divisional Sports Associations have been functioning for the development of local sports according to their respective constitutions,” stated the letter that was submitted by NSC to different sports bodies.

“In accordance with Article 24.3 of the Upazila Sports Association Constitution, Article 28.3 of the District Sports Association Constitution, and Article 23.3 of the Divisional Sports Association Constitution, the previously formed Committees/Ad-hoc Committees of the Upazila, District, and Divisional Sports Associations, respectively, have been dissolved with the approval of the Chairman of the NSC,” it noted.

“Simultaneously, all previously issued letters or directives regarding the formation of Committees/Ad-hoc Committees have also been revoked. By virtue of the powers vested in the NSC, the proposal for the formation of seven-member Ad-hoc Committees for the Upazila Sports Associations, District Sports Associations, and Divisional Sports Associations,” it added.

When contacted, NSC Executive Director (Joint Secretary) Md Doulotuzzaman Khan said that the move was taken in order to have fresh elections in different sports bodies.

“Those previous ad-hoc committees did not properly organise the elections. Now, the current government wants these organisations to be run by elected representatives. That's why the previous ad-hoc committees were dissolved, and new guidelines for ad-hoc committees have been issued,” said Doulotuzzaman.

“Once we receive those, we will grant approval and proceed with the elections. We are trying to conduct the elections as quickly as possible, for all of them—divisional, district, and upazila,” he explained.

Quite a few eyebrows were raised following the NSC move as fingers are being pointed towards the legality of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) directors who came into the board from district and divisions during the last election, considering that the ad-hoc committee they represented has since been revoked.

The BCB constitution states that 10 out of 25 directors are to be elected from Category-1, representing district and divisional sports associations. BCB president Aminul Islam Bulbul along with nine others joined the board through that category which was backed by the now dissolved ad-hoc committee. 

The Category-1 directors are - BCB president Aminul Islam Bulbul and Nazmul Abedeen Fahim (Dhaka Division), Ahsan Iqbal Chowdhury and Asif Akbar (Chattogram Division), Abdur Razzak and Md Zulfikar Khan (Khulna Division), Mohammad Mokhlesur Rahman (Rajshahi Division), Hasanuzzaman (Rangpur Division), Rahat Sams (Sylhet Division), and Md Shakhawat Hossain (Barishal Division).

Many insisted that the government influenced different sports bodies' ad-hoc committees and sent councillors’ names of their choice. Aminul had earlier rejected some names and sent a letter to make sure councillors from divisions and districts are picked as per his desire as that would pave the way for him to be the BCB boss, bearing in mind that the president is chosen by 25 elected directors.

In the recent past, NSC formed an investigation committee to probe the BCB election after widespread allegations were made against the process that was followed during the last election.

Doulotuzzaman said that they are waiting for the outcome of the investigation committee before making a final call. 

“The matter is that they were councillors (selected by the ad-hoc committees) for the BCB election. An independent inquiry commission has been formed to look into the BCB election,” he said.

“Until we receive the report from that inquiry commission, we cannot make any comments or remarks on this matter. They will provide recommendations based on the laws and regulations. As you know, the commission is headed by a retired judge,” he added.

The investigation formed on 11 March is headed by Retired Supreme Court judge AKM Asaduzzaman. Other members are Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Md Selim Fakir, Joint Commissioner (DB Admin & South) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Mohammad Nasirul Islam, sports journalist ATM Sayeed Uzzaman and Supreme Court advocate Barrister Saleh Akram Samrat.

NSC asked the committee to submit its report to the State Minister for Youth and Sports within 15 working days.

Daily Sun understands that there is a huge possibility about forming an ad-hoc committee to run the board if the investigation committee eventually finds out irregularities in the board. Afterwards the ad-hoc committee will determine the future course of action that would be followed to run the board smoothly with an eye on scheduling a new election.