Bulbul urges ICC to freeze Bangladesh funding

Former Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to freeze funding for Bangladesh.
Daily Sun has learnt that Bulbul sent a nearly 14-page letter to the ICC earlier this week where he questioned the legality of the current board, and asked them to reinstate him as board president.
He also requested world cricket’s regulatory body not to provide Bangladesh with any financial assistance, a key component to run the board and develop cricket in the country.
“Yes, he (Aminul) requested ICC to freeze its funding for Bangladesh,” the source confirmed to Daily Sun on Thursday, adding that the ICC notified the BCB regarding the letter.
“The BCB after discussing about the letter with its legal team replied back to the ICC,” added the source, who is well aware about the development. 
Bulbul could not be reached over phone, while he did not reply when asked to clarify his position regarding the letter.
The National Sports Council (NSC) dissolved the previous Bulbul-led board on 7 April over what it described as large-scale irregularities in the last board election after the report submitted by the probe committee.
The NSC formed the committee after former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal led a request for investigation into last year's BCB election, claiming that 50 out of 76 clubs in the capital supported the call for a probe.
Later, the NSC - the governing body of sports federations of the country - insisted that they will take a call on BCB's future based upon the report prepared by the investigation committee, and took the decision to remove Bulbul based upon its observation.
Bulbul had replaced Faruque Ahmed as the president of BCB on 30 May, 2025 after the NSC removed Faruque as its councillor, and eventually also removed him from the post of president.
Faruque took over the helm of the board on 21 August in 2024 following the exit of long-serving BCB president Nazmul Hasan from the scene.
Nazmul went into hiding following the student movement in July that saw the Awami League government thrown out from power after a decade and half rule.
Bulbul, who was working as a development officer in ICC when he was approached by the former Muhammad Yunus-led government, returned to Bangladesh with the primary goal of holding a transparent election and then leave the scene after completing his responsibility.
Later, Bulbul changed his mind and to everyone’s surprise, took part in the election, saying that he is not ready to leave without completing his unfinished work.
Bulbul could not realise his dream after being ousted on corruption charges.
On the same eventful day of 7 April, former opening batter Tamim was appointed as the head of 11-member ad-hoc committee, and entrusted with the responsibility to hold the election within 90 days.
Tamim, after running the board for two months as the ad-hoc committee's head, was elected as the BCB president following an election held in Dhaka on 7 June.
The former left-handed batter was elected unopposed as BCB president and will serve a four-year term.