DHAKA, April 15, 2019 (BSS) – Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA)
President and army chief General Aziz Ahmed and Secretary General (SG) Syed
Shahed Reza today urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to ensure adequate
budgetary allocation for development of sports as they called on her at the
PMO.
“The BOA president and secretary general sought attention of the prime
minister so that adequate allocation is made in the next budget for various
disciplines of sports and games,” premier’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim
told reporters.
He said the BOA president and secretary general sought the premier’s extra
attention for sports during the allocation of funds in the coming national
budget as they paid the courtesy call on.
During the meeting, they discussed overall development of sports and games
in the country including the issues of Bangladesh teams overseas tours to
take part in different tournaments and sports events.