The franchise of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Durbar Rajshahi has been in the news because of paying problems from the beginning of this season, and now the situation has worsened to the point where players stuck at the hotel because of financial troubles.
Not only players, but also Durbar Rajshahi’s assistant staff, or even the bus driver did not receive their payment despite the current Bangladeski Premier League 2024-25 (BPL 2024-25). There were also a report that the owner of the team Durbar, MD Shafiquer Rahman, was to escape from the country, forcing the Bangladesh government to intervene.
Government steps while Durbar Rajshahi faces a severe payment crisis in BPL 2024-25
While the Ministry of Youth and Sports entered the resolution of a growing chaos around Durbar Rajshahi for a fee, Dr. med. Shafiquer Rahman has now promised to clean all extraordinary payments to players and staff by February 10th.
Previously, Rahman promised to settle 50% of the fees by 2 February, but failed to fulfill his commitment. He led a sports advisor, Asif Mahmud, to contact the owner Durbar Rajshahi personally. He also issued a strict warning to Dr. Shafiquir Rahman to the consequences if he failed to clean all fees in this last time.
The Bangladesh Government also formed the Committee to determine the facts in order to investigate the issues of Player Paying in BPL organized by the Bangladesh Cricket (BCB) Committee. Well, Rahman promised to clean all fees in three installments of 25%, February 3, 7 and 10 and 10th February.
The necessary legal actions will be taken against MD Shafiqura Rahman if he fails to clean all fees
The Ministry of Youth and Sports said in a statement to the public, “owner Darbar Rajshahi, Dr. Shafiq Rahman, accepted his guilt and promised to clean all the fees of the team in three installments of 25 percent, each, on February 7th and 10th. . With the players, everyone involved in the team would get their payments in every installment. Otherwise, regardless of all the necessary legal actions. “
Meanwhile, the payment crisis worsened for the Rajshahi franchise in BPL 2024-25, since foreign players remained stranded at their hotel in Daki. Pakistani Mohammad Haris, Afghan Attab Alam, Mark Deyan West Indies, Zimbabweov Ryan Burl and another Western Indian, Miguel Cummins, still waited for their fees and entered their hotel.
It is said that several players received only 25% of their payments, but some did not receive anything at all. In order to add their troubles, bus driver Durbar Rajshahi Team claimed to hold players for players as a ransom because he was not paid.
Ryan Burl gets a flight ticket; The rest will get their within two days
Ryan Burl first got a flight ticket and left early on Monday (February 3rd). However, the franchise confirmed that Harris was supposed to start later on the same day, and the remaining players should have left in the next two days with their countries.
Significantly, Anamul Haque was the first to discover that local players had not received any payments before the tournament began. Frustrated by the situation, the local players skipped training in Chattograms last month, while foreign players boycotted the match.
