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JS passes national sports council bill, 2018
SANGSAD BHABAN, Sept 20, 2018 (BSS) – The ‘National Sports Council Bill, 2018’ was passed in the parliament in amended form with a view to making the existing law more time-befitting one.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Dr Biren Sikder moved the bill in the House which was passed unanimously by voice votes with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Piloting the bill, the state minister said the proposed bill will replace the National Sports Council Act, 1974.
According to the Bill, there will be a national sports council with Youth and Sports Minister as the chairman of the council. The council will hold at least one meeting a year.
There will be a 19-member executive committee for four years while chairman of the Council will lead it.
This executive committee will hold at least one meeting in every three months.
The bill was sent to the respective parliamentary standing committee on June 25 in 2018 for further scrutiny.
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