He is the Senior Media Manager of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). According to BCB sources, the manager has been changed mainly given the complaints of the cricketers. A director of BCB said that some of the cricketers complained that they did not get good treatment from Nafees. Some of them complained to the team director Khaled Mahmud Sujon after returning from the Zimbabwe tour. The board decided to change the manager before the matter went to a controversial stage.

After the last T20 World Cup, the former manager of the cricket management department, Sabbir Khan, quit his job. Since then, Nafees has been given responsibility in the home series against Pakistan as acting logistics manager. Since then, he has served continuously. Nafees last served as a manager in the United Arab Emirates. Nafees Iqbal former cricketer of the Bangladesh national team. He is the elder brother of the country’s best opener, Tamim Iqbal.