State Minister for Youth and Sports Visits Consulate General of Bangladesh in New York

UsaNewsOnline.Com, New York : Dr. Shri Biren Sikder, MP, Minister for State, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Government of Bangladesh visited the Consulate General of Bangladesh in New York on 28 January. He was welcomed by Mr. Md. Shameem Ahsan, ndc, Consul General of Bangladesh in New York and other officials. A good number of community leaders associated with sports and youth development including leaders of New York based Bangladesh Sports Council of America and Bangladesh Sports Foundation were present at the Consulate and interacted with him. In his remarks, the State Minister briefed as to how Bangladesh is making impressive progress in the field of sports, nationally and internationally, under the dynamic leadership of the Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He narrated the initiatives and steps taken by the present Government to bring qualitative changes in the sector which already received international attention. Each Upazila will have one stadium and so far 110 stadiums have been completed and the government plans to open a University on Sports in near future, Dr. Sikder added.The community leaders appreciated the laudable progress made in the country and shared as to how they are engaging the diaspora in the field of sports in New York, in particular.