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Bangladesh
/ Sports
The
people of Bangladesh are sports-loving people. The government
has also attached due importance to development of games and sports.
Football, Cricket. Hockey. Swimming and Rowing, Kahaddi. Volleyball,
Badminton, Basketball, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis and Chess are
popular games in the country.
The
strategies and programs pursued by the present government for
development of sports include : Development of selected indigenous
less costly games and sports for wider mass participation specially
in rural areas; Encouraging female participation at all levels
of games and sports; Consolidation and better utilization of existing
sports facilities; Strengthening the existing College of Physical
Education and establishment of additional colleges; Construction
of more women’s sports complexes, Regular training sessions and
workshops on sports; Holding of national zonal and regional sports
competitio
ns
regularly: Intensive training programs for sports talents; Provision
of sufficient numbers of playgrounds, indoor stadiums and other
sports facilities in each district and thana: Distribution of
sports gears to facilitate sports activities in the country
A
National Sports Policy has been announced by the government recently.
The government has also taken up plans to develop playing fields
in all the unions of the Country. There are clear signs of resurgence
from past Stagnation in the sporting arena. Bangladesh for the
first time became champions in 1997 ICC trophy cricket championship,
thereby hooking a place for 1999 World Cup Cricket finals.
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