Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan is ready to step down as the board president, BCB sources confirmed on Thursday.

“I have heard that Papon bhai told one of our directors that he wants to cooperate. I have not talked to the BCB president directly. I have only heard that he is ready to cooperate but haven’t heard of resigning,” the sources claimed.

Prior to his decision, he was serving a fourth term as chief of the country’s cricket governing body.

BCB had been in jeopardy ever since the unrest in the country triggered by the student protest against the recently dissolved Sheikh Hasina government.

Nazmul had been in hiding with his wife in London since August 5 along with a few other influential board directors who are believed to have the backing of the former prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina.