There were complaints over flags of other countries being waved during the 2014 Asia Cup in Bangladesh

Bangladesh was part of Pakistan before the 1971 war of independence in which it says three million people were killed, most at the hands of the army of the Islamic republic and its allied militias.

A Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) spokesman said the board had issued a directive after it “noticed that some local fans were flying foreign flags flouting the country’s flag rules”.

“We’ve received instruction in this regard,” the spokesman told without clarifying.

“As such we’ve ordered security officials and guards to make sure Bangladesh fans cannot carry or fly flags of foreign nations in the stadiums.”