Former BCB director Mahmud Jamal dies

Veteran Rajshahi sports organiser and former Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Mahmud Jamal has died at the age of 74.

He passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest in Rajshahi on Saturday (October 24).

Jamal was a well-known figure in Rajshahi’s sporting community and had spent more than four decades working to develop and promote sports in the region.

He served for many years as general secretary of the Rajshahi Divisional Sports Association and was also an executive member of the Bangladesh Olympic Association.

Jamal was first elected a BCB director in 2005 and was re-elected to the position in 2008.

The BCB expressed deep sorrow over his death and extended its heartfelt condolences to his bereaved family and relatives.