Dhaka, May 30 -- Former captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team, as well as the country's first Test centurion, Aminul Islam Bulbul, was declared the new president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Friday.

Bulbul, who had a reputation as one of cricket's nicest guys, was announced as the 16th president of BCB at a meeting of the BCB board of directors Friday (May 30) afternoon.

Nazmul Abedeen Fahim and Fahim Sinha were elected as senior vice president and vice president respectively.

BCB director Iftekhar Rahman Mithu, officially made this announcement at a press conference after the BCB directors' meeting on Friday evening.

Earlier, National Sports Council (NSC) appointed Bulbul as a BCB director on Friday afternoon af...