Six divisional representatives, who met the tournament committee of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium to discuss the preparations, put more emphasis on hospitality.

Sources also said that member secretary of the tournament committee Adnan Rahman Dipon offered a formula to solve the accommodation problem. But that was abandoned after refusal from Mahmud Jamal, the representative from Rajshahi.

The divisional organisers also requested to defer the date of the meet, but tournament committee chairman Shah Nurul Kabir Shaheen expressed his determination to start the country's lone first-class competition on December 5.

The six divisional venues are, Sylhet District Stadium, Barisal District Stadium, Rangpur Stadium for Rajshahi Division matches, Jessore Stadium for Khulna Division matches, Comilla Stadium for Chittagong Division matches, and BKSP/Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium/Fatullah for Dhaka Division matches.

After a season's gap the league is being brought back to its old shape with home and away basis matches. Last year the away matches overlooked citing ground crisis.

Meanwhile, BCB has appointed separate coaches for seven divisional teams.

They are Shahnewaz Shahid Shanu (Rajshahi), Shahidul Alam Ratan (Dhaka Metro), Muklesur Rahman Bablu (Dhaka Division), Sheikh Salauddin (Khulna), Nurul Abedin Nobel (Chittagong), Emdadul Haq Imdu (Sylhet) and Jafarul Ehsan (Barisal).

The appointed coaches will form and guide the divisional teams for the league.