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DHAKA, Aug 14, 2025 (BSS)- Ruchi 36th National Women's Handball competition, 
marking the Festival of Youth 2025, will begin from Saturday (August 16) at 
Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the capital.

Youth and Sports Secretary Mahbub-Ul Alam is expected to be opened the meet 
as the chief guest on Sunday (Aug 17), one day after the start of the 
competition.

Md. Ali Hossain Fakir, additional inspector general of police of the Armed 
Police Battalion and Md. Shahriar Alam, marketing manager of the sponsoring 
organisation Square Food and Beverage Limited, will be present there as 
special guests.

Nineteen teams, including services associations and District Sports 
Association (DSA), will take part in the meet, organised by Bangladesh 
Handball Federation and sponsored by Square Food and Beverage Limited.

The competition will be held in two phases. The first phase will begin on 
August 16 with the participation of 10 teams divided into two groups.

Bangladesh Ansar and VDP, Faridpur, Barguna, Sherpur, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh 
Police, Madaripur, Kushtia, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Dinajpur DSAs 
will play in the first phase.

The second phase of the competition will begin on August 20 with the 
participation of nine teams, split into two groups. The second phase's teams 
are Jamalpur, Naogaon, Jahangirnagar University, Panchagarh, Narail, Jashore, 
Dhaka, Bogura and Gopalganj DSAs.

The semi-finals of the meet will be held on August 24 with the group 
champions from the four groups in the two rounds while the final is slated 
for August 25.

For the first time in the national women's handball championship cash prizes 
have been introduced for the participating teams. The champion team will be 
given a cash prize of Taka 25,000.
 
In addition, the runner-up team will get Taka 15,000 and the third-place 
finishers will have Taka 10,000.
 
Additionally, the first eight participating teams will receive incentive 
bonuses of Taka 10,000 while the best player will receive a trophy and Taka 
5,000 and for the first time, 14 players from each team will be paid Taka 100 
per match.
In this regard, a press conference was held at the conference room of Shaheed 
Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the capital today 
(Thursday) to provide all the details of the meet.
 
BHF senior vice-president and convener of the national competition organising 
and development management committee Abu Nochor Mohammad Abdullah, its 
general secretary Salahuddin Ahmed, joint secretary of the BHF and member-
secretary of the national competition organising and development management 
committee Rashida Afzalun Nessa, BHF member and its joint member secretary 
Mokbul Hossain and sponsor Square Food and Beverage Limited marketing manager 
Shahriar Alam were present at the press conference.