As per the board's much-talked 2003 constitution, under which the present board members were elected in August last year, the executive committee is bound to hold at least one meeting in every three months.

But there seems to be no chance to fulfil the demand as the Mahbubul Anam-led BCB executive committee -- which had earlier broken the rules by not forming the sub-committees -- is left with only a day to meet the deadline. The last board meeting took place on October 20 last year.

Although the same BCB high-ups showed a lot of respect to the constitution before the election, they failed to maintain it afterwards and many thought that the board this time was dilly-dallying only to save their skin and avoid some controversial issues.

So far, the board has had three probable dates cancelled, the last one being yesterday. BCB president Ali Asghar, a ruling party lawmaker, had told the press during the Under-19 tri-nation final at BKSP last month that they would hold the meeting in the first week of January, well before the deadline.

It is the duty of the general secretary as a chief executive to make the groundwork and take the consent of the president before calling the meeting, but Mahbubul Anam was yet to clear his position whether he has done his job or not.

Asghar, however, understandably pointed his finger to the general secretary for not arranging the much-awaited meeting in time.

"The general secretary knows everything and only he can give you the explanation. I am always ready to call the meeting. We had fixed a date but we failed to hold it because of illness of our general secretary. Yes, the constitution says to hold a meeting in every three months, but sometimes we are helpless due to some unavoidable circumstances," Asghar told The Daily Star Sport over telephone from Khulna yesterday.

When contacted, Mahbubul Anam first expressed his helplessness about the matter and later said that he would issue letters to the executive committee members soon about the meeting.

"What can I do? It is funny that all the important work was pending for one man's illness. I think breaching the constitution would not be a big issue if every board member wants to absorb it. I will issue letters to the members soon about the meeting, but at the moment I can't say when it will happen," said the organiser showing his reluctance to elaborate.

One of the BCB vice-presidents Aziz Al Kaiser Tito, who was an important member in Asghar's advisory committee but now maintains a distance, requested everybody concerned to follow the rules.

"There are some people who have been elected but are not involved in board activities like me. But everybody was elected under the same constitution and that's why we should show respect to it. The people who are now running the show should follow the rules. Otherwise it will not be a good example for the future," said Tito.

On the other hand, Reazuddin Al Mamun, who resigned as joint-secretary as well as chairman of the media committee in protest of Asghar's secret television rights deal with little known Aston Moore, was not surprised about the development.

"They know that they should explain some burning issues in the meeting. That is the reason they don't want to call a meeting. It is unfortunate that the constitution is being ignored," said Mamun, whose resignation has been accepted by the president but has yet to be discussed in an EC meeting.

He added that he was ready to attend the meeting if he got an invitation.

"I will join the meeting to raise some questions but there are a lot of issues to be addressed. I am waiting for an invitation," he said.