The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) elections will be held on October 6, the country's election commission announced on Sunday. The general members body, known as the councillors, will elect 23 of the 25 board directors, and the BCB president will be elected from that pool of 25 to serve a four-year term.

The announcement was made less than an hour after former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal accused BCB president Aminul Islam of "interference" in the election process.

Tamim, who recently announced he was standing for election, held a press conference in Dhaka along with several other aspirants and former BCB directors. He said Aminul's signed letter, dated September 18, instructing the country's sports secretary that he has extended the deadline for nomination submission, was a unilat

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