The association working for the interests of Bangladeshi cricketers has demanded the resignation of Bangladesh Cricket Board Director Nazrul Islam. He says that the players will not play until there is resignation. Due to players’ protest, the first match of Bangladesh Premier League did not start. After this, BCB has issued a show cause notice against the director and the interim sports minister. Let us tell you that a few days ago he had called Tamim Iqbal an Indian agent.

Demand for resignation of BCB director

In the press conference on Thursday, Bangladesh Cricket Welfare Association said, “Mustafizur Rahman did not want to take this matter further. He did not want us to take this matter before the board. It is the duty of the player to present his complaints before the Players Welfare Association, but he did not want to take this matter further.”

Bangladesh Cricketers Welfare Association made it clear that this protest will not end until the resignation of the BCB director is taken. The association said, “Until Bangladesh Cricket Board director Nazrul Islam resigns, Bangladesh cricketers will not play matches.”

Tamim Iqbal was called ‘Indian Agent’

On the instructions of BCCI, Kolkata Knight Riders had released Mustafizur Rahman, in protest against which Bangladesh Cricket Board decided that it will not send its team to India for the T20 World Cup. He wrote to the ICC demanding that their matches be shifted to Sri Lanka. Apart from this, Bangladesh also banned IPL telecast. Then Tamim Iqbal had advised his board not to say anything in haste that could create problems in the future.

Like what if ICC refuses that the schedule cannot be changed? Bangladesh team will have to go to India or else be out of the tournament. Tamim had given a good advice to his board officials, after which BCB director Nazrul Islam made fun of him by calling him an ‘Indian agent’.

Public protest protest against the Mohammad Yunus government in Bangladesh is also going on on Friday (August 1, 2025). Traffic is severely disrupted due to the protest demonstration in the country’s capital Dhaka and the general public is facing a lot of trouble.

According to local media reports, the dharna demonstration started from Thursday morning and the protesters are continuously raising slogans like ‘July will not take away’ and ‘July Charter Dena’. The protesters demand that the ‘July Charter’ be implemented immediately. The protesters say that their sit -in demonstration will continue till their demands are met.

The traffic came to a standstill due to the accumulation of hundreds of protesters at the Shahabag intersection. A local person said, ‘I went to Jatrabari in the morning by official work. Then the information about Shahabag blockade was found from social media, so I started going from bus to Basabo, Kamalapur and Malibagh, but there was jam everywhere on the streets. It took two and a half hours to reach Karwan Bazaar, which is usually a journey of one and a half hours.

The second round of dialogue was concluded on Thursday by the National Consent Commission of Bangladesh (NCC). Most political parties agreed to the seven reform proposals, including the appointment of the Chief Government Chief, the formation of the High House and the President’s election. However, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its colleagues objected to six of these proposals.

After the conclusion of the dialogue, NCC Vice President Ali Riyaz said, ‘Our goal was to meet the dialogue by 31 July, which we have achieved. Now we will prepare the final draft of the July Charter and share it with political parties.

Many parties like Jamaat-e-Islami, National Citizen Party (NCP) and Islamic Movement have expressed objections on the draft ‘July Charter’. The provision of the charter has been specially opposed, which states that reforms will be implemented within two years of formation of the government. These parties demand that the charter be legalized so that its implementation can be ensured.