Bangladeshi sports journalists boycotted the final of the Odommo Bangladesh T20 Cup

https://khaborwala.com/mirpur-press-box-empty-amid-journalist-boycott

https://xcancel.com/debasissen/status/2020895812361048214

https://en.dailycricket.com.bd/news/bangladesh-journalists-boycott-domestic-t20-final-over-bcb-warning

This domestic tournament was organized by BCB as they are not participating in the ongoing T20 World Cup

The protest came in response to a recent incident during the tournament in which a photojournalist from a leading national English daily received an email from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) threatening to revoke their accreditation. The journalists’ collective decision to abstain from covering the final highlights growing tensions over press freedom in the country’s cricketing circles.

The incident traces back to the second day of the tournament, 6 February, when Tanvin Tamim, a photojournalist for Daily Sun, photographed three BCB directors—Faruk Ahmed, Khaled Masud Pilot, and M Nazmul—inside the BCB President’s Box. Observers noted that the body language captured in the photograph, coupled with the published caption, suggested a potential rift between Nazmul and the other two directors.

On 7 February, the day following the publication, the board sent an email to Tamim, issuing a warning that their accreditation could be revoked and instructing them to refrain from taking similar photographs in the future. This directive was widely perceived by the journalist community as an attempt to curtail press freedom.