BSP-19 Inter-ministerial meeting held for two int’l events

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Inter-ministerial meeting held for two int’l events

DHAKA, Aug 28, 2018 (BSS)- An inter-ministerial meeting was held on Tuesday
at conference room of Youth and Sports Ministry in a bid to have successfully
hosting Suzuki SAFF Championship and AFC U-16 Women’s championship-2019
qualifiers to be held next month in the city.

Youth and Sports Secretary Mohammad Abdullah presided over the meeting.

The Suzuki SAFF Championship is scheduled to be held on September 4-15 at
country’s premier venue Bangabandhu National Stadium.

Apart from host Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan
and Sri Lanka national football teams will take part in the championship.

On the other hand, The AFC U-16 Women’s championship-2019 qualifiers will
be held on September 15-23 at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa
Kamal Stadium.

Four countries — Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Lebanon and
host Bangladesh — will compete in the championship.

In the meeting, cooperation was sought to the representatives of concern
ministries, associations and divisions to make the events a success. The
concern representatives assured the secretary to do their duty properly.

The meeting also emphasized to ensure the security of local and foreign
players, officials and invited guests during their stay in Bangladesh.

Youth and Sports Additional Secretaries ABM Ruhul Azad and Anwarul Islam
Sarkar, National Sports Council Secretary Masud Karim, Bangladesh Football
Federation General Secretary Abu Nayeem Sohag and high officials of concern
ministry, divisions and associations were present in the meeting.

BSS/SG/SSS/1831 hrs