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PM to open 9th Bangladesh Games
DHAKA, March 3, 2020 (BSS) – State Minister for Youth and Sports and
Bangladesh Games organizing committee’s co chairman Zahid Ahsan Russell, MP
said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would formally declare the 9th Bangladesh
Games open and the curtain of the games to be raised through gala ceremony on
April 1 at Bangabandhu National Stadium.
He was talking to the press after the first meeting of the Bangladesh Games
organizing committee held today (Tuesday) at NEC conference room of planning
commission with Finance Minister and games organising committee’s chairman
AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.
The State Minister said Bangladesh Games is the biggest sport event of the
country and in the ‘Mujib Barsho’ they are dedicating the games paying homage
to the name of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will declare the games open on April 1, he
added.
The Bangladesh Games will be held on April 1-10 at 20 venues with the
participation of near about 12,000 sportsmen in 31 disciplines.
Youth and Sports Secretary Mohammad Akhter Hossain, Information Secretary
Kamrun Nahar, Bangladesh Olympic Association’s Secretary General Syed Shahed
Reza, conveners and members of different sub committees were present in the
meeting.
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