BCB’s mockery with journalists in the name of bio-security bubble
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|| CF Correspondent ||
In the aspects of the players’ much interest and keen eagerness, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) finally decided to allow its national cricketers to hold their outdoor practice so that they could stage a much-needed comeback to the cricket field after a lengthy four-month corona-enforced break.
The apex body of the country’s cricket meanwhile rescheduled their suspended tour with Sri Lanka after the postponement of the two mega events of International Cricket Council (ICC) and Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
The two events-ICC Men’s World T20 in Australia and ACC T20 Asia Cup- were scheduled to take place in between September-November but both events were postponed due to the escalating coronavirus pandemic across the world.
Keeping the Sri Lanka series in mind, the BCB needed to bring their players back to the cricket field as early as possible for which they have created a bio-safety bubble in and around the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur so players can do their individual practice having health and safety risk free.
The BCB launched its initial cricketing activities with individual practice sessions on July 19 under this bio-secure bubble. They restricted all the movement at the National Cricket Stadium and Mirpur Indoors of the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Even they halted the movement of the journalists in the name of health rules and safety protocols. They have set up a makeshift shelter for the media personnel over gate No1.
The Journalists can’t go anywhere from the shelter. If anyone wishes to go to the side of the BCB headquarters, the security will stop them and send them back to their shelter area.
But a different scenario was seen during the two BCB programmes. A huge number of people thronged in and around the stadium to observe the programme when they were no rules or ethics of bio-security bubble.
The BCB organized a comprehensive programme including food distribution among the poor and needy, the recitation from the Holy Quran and special munajat to mark the birth anniversary of veteran sports organizer and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s elder son Shaheed Sheikh Kamal on August 5.
Secondly, the BCB hosted another programme in observance of the National Mourning Day 2020 which marks the 45th martyrdom anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Naturally a big question comes to the fore why this behavior with the media personnel. The journalists can be threatened for their security and brought virus to the BCB. But thousands of outsiders can’t bring viruses to the BCB and can’t be a threat for the others’ health and safety.
Then why BCB makes this discrimination with the journalists, who entirely works for the welfare of the people and the country as well. They should think much about it for the future.
