DHAKA, Jan 17, 2019 (BSS)- The green Delta Insurance First Division Hockey League will begin on Sunday (January 20) at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium with two matches billed for the opening day.
In the day’s first match, PWD Sporting Club will take on Shantinagar Sporting Club at 1.30 pm while Dhaka Railway will meet Dilkusha Sporting Club at 3.30 pm in the day’s another opening day fixture.
Youth and Sports Ministry Secretary Mohammad Abdullah is expected to inaugurate the league as the chief guest while league sponsor Green Delta Insurance Company Limited advisor Nasir Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury will be present there as the special guest.
A total of eleven clubs will take part in the league sponsored by Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF), a long time ally of Green Delta Insurance Company Limited.
The participating clubs are – PWD Sporting Club, Farashganj Sporting Club, Mukta Bihanga Tarun Sangha, Hockey Dhaka United Club, Bachelors Sporting Club, Shishukishor Sangha, Barnak Samaj, Shantinagar Sporting Club and Dilkusha Sporting Club.