Overview
- Durbar Rajshahi, a Bangladesh Premier League team, is under scrutiny for failing to pay salaries to players and staff, including foreign cricketers and a bus driver.
- The team's bus driver locked players' kit bags inside the vehicle, refusing to return them until his overdue wages were paid.
- Foreign players, including Mohammad Haris, Aftab Alam, and Ryan Burl, were left stranded in a Dhaka hotel due to missed payment deadlines and lack of communication from team management.
- Team owner Shafiq Rahman was taken into custody and promised to resolve the payment issues by February 7, but many players are expected to leave without receiving their full salaries.
- The Bangladesh Cricket Board and National Sports Council have pledged to investigate the situation, which has raised broader concerns about financial mismanagement in the league.