10th Bangladesh Games to be held next year

Dhaka, 17 Sept -Considering the overall situation, the Bangladesh 

Olympic Association (BOA) has decided to organize the 10th Bangladesh Games 
in November/December next year, subjected to government approval.

The decision has been taken at a BOA executive committee's meeting held at 
Dhaka cantonment army multipurpose complex Wednesday.

BOA president and Army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman presided over the meeting.

The BOA decided to send nineteen players from Bangladesh in six disciplines 
to the 6th Asian Beach Games to be held in Sanya, China from April 22-30 next 
year.

The BOA has also taken decision to finalize the disciplines and number of 
players after discussing with the relevant federations to send a team from 
Bangladesh to the 20th Asian Games to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan from 
September 19 to October 4 next year.

The meeting took decision to provide a job for the wife of the late 
Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman to ensure solvency of his family.

In the meeting, it has been decided to hold a special general meeting in mid 
October to approve the proposed constitution of the BOA.
A decision on organizing the upcoming elections for the BOA executive 
committee will be taken at the next special general meeting. 

Some other decisions were also taken in the meeting.BSS