The National Sports Council (NSC) formed an ad hoc committee of 9 federations yesterday after scrutinizing the report given by the search committee. This was announced in a statement signed by the secretary of the National Sports Council, Aminul Islam, after 9:30 pm.
According to section 21 of the National Sports Council Act 2018, the previous committee of 9 federations has been dissolved and a new committee has been formed. These nine federations are respectively-Bridge, Tennis, Squash, Kabaddi, Athletics, Billiards-Snooker, Basketball, Chess and Hockey. Where Syed Mahbubur Rahman, managing director of Mutual Trust Bank, got the responsibility of president of Bridge Federation. Former player Abdul Hai Sarkar has been made the president of tennis. Apart from this, Police IGP Moinul Islam has become the president of Kabaddi Federation.
After two months of the search committee formed last August 30, nine federations finally met the new committee. Regarding the process of formation of the committee of the remaining federations, the convener of the search committee Zobayedur Rahman Rana told Ajker newspaper, 'Since the committee of nine federations has been formed. Now we will send draft proposals for 15-20 more federations. The ministry will see it and reveal it gradually.'
However, Mohammad Sanaul Haque, Joint Secretary of Sports-1 Division, who took care of the formation of the Federation Committee from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, told this reporter a day ago that he had not received any report from the search committee. He was a bit annoyed after hearing the question about the committee. He also explained the reason why he was upset, 'many people called to know the matter. Can't answer anyone. We have not yet received the report of the search committee. We have formed a search committee from the ministry. They have not given the reports yet. We will start the work once we get the reports. We need to get the report, don't we?'
Although the control of the country's 55 federations-associations-organizations is in the hands of the National Sports Council, the authority of the president or the formation of committees is entirely with the Ministry of Youth and Sports. After the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the National Sports Council jointly embarked on a clean-up campaign to free the sports arena from party influence. As a part of that, the ministry has given ad hoc committee to 9 federations.
9 federation committees at a glance
Bangladesh Hockey Federation
President: Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan
Vice Presidents: Group Captain Mohammad Alamgir (Retd), Shaheen Mahmud, Asif Mahmud
General Secretary: Lt. Col. Riazul Hasan (Retd.)
Joint Editor: Qazi Abu Zafar Tapan
Treasurer: Khawaja Manjer Nadeem
Members: Hossain Imam Shanta, Kaushar Ali, Shahid Ullah Dolan, Ishtiaq Sadek, Bayezid Haider, Badrul Islam Dipu, Md. Iqbal Hossain, Parveen Nachima Putul, Army Sports Control Board representative, Naval Sports Control Board representative and BKSP representative.
Athletics Federation
President: Major General Dr. Naeem Ashfaq Chowdhury
Vice President: BKSP DG, Abdun Nasser Khan, Md. Iqbal Hossain
General Secretary: Md. Shah Alam
Joint Editor: Kitab Ali, Mizanur Rahman
Treasurer: Dr. Sabbir Ahmed Khan
Members: Mojibur Rahman Mallik, Farid Khan Chowdhury, Feroza Khatun, Sharmistha Roy, MM Nazir Ahmed, Shirin Akhtar, Mujibur Rahman, Md. Riazul Islam, Army Sports Control Board Representative, Naval Sports Control Board Representative and Air Sports Control Board Representative
Basketball Federation
President: Dr. Shamim Newaz
Vice President: Shakhawat Hossain, Asif Aziz
General Secretary: Major (Retd.) Mohammad Atiqul Hafeez
Joint Editors: Mohammad Faisal Azim, AS Anamul Hasan Taimur
Treasurer: Mohammad Tanveer Titas
Member: Md. Zahidul Islam (Bulu), Iqbal Hossain Amy, Zaheer Uddin, Nazmul, Captain (retd) Fazlur Rahman, Begum Asreen Mridha, Ayan Anwar, Apoorba Jahangir, Aniruddha Talukdar Varna
Tennis Federation
President: Abdul Hai Sarkar
Vice Presidents: Ashrafuzzaman Khan (Puton), Mohammad Salim, Mohammad Shakeel Khan
General Secretary: Ishtiaq Ahmed
Joint Editors: Muammar Ahmed, Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman
Treasurer: MA Jinnah
Member: Md. Shafiqul Alam, Ashraf Qaiser, Abdur Rab Shamim, Ahmed Ziaur Rahman, Hosne Ara Rina, Mohammad Shariful Alam, Zahirul Alam Bhuiyan, Sajjad Alam, M Farid Ahmed, Arnab Saha and BKSP representatives.
Chess Federation
President: Syed Sujauddin Ahmed
Vice President: Dr. Swaib Riaz Alam, Dr. Arif Daulah
General Secretary: Taibur Rahman Sumon
Joint Editors: Lokman Hossain Mollah (Lovelu), Naznin Islam
Treasurer: Mir Sajed ul-Bashar
Members: Abu Saeed Chowdhury, Aminul Islam, Dulal Mahmud, Rahat Hossain, Ananya Raihan, Shamim Akand, Md. Arifuzzaman.
Squash Federation
President: Major General. Hasan Uz Zaman
Vice President: Rashed Chowdhury, Mirza Salman Ispahani
General Secretary: Brigadier General GM Kamrul Islam (Retd.)
Joint Editor: Tarek Masood Khan
Treasurer: Kamran T Rahman
Members: Major M Tanim Hasan (retd), Ershad Hossain, Ramjul Siraj, Brig Gen Nasimul Ghani (retd), Fayyaz Rahman, Sajjad Arefin Alam, Army Sports Control Board Representative, DG Primary Education and BKSP DG/Representative.
Billiards and Snooker Federation
President: Brigadier General Sarkar Muhammad Shamsuddin (Retd.)
Vice President: Aziz Al Masood, Tajbir Salehin
General Secretary: Riasat Karim Bhuiyan
Joint Editor: Sultan Moin Ahmed Robin
Treasurer: Manjurul Haque Manju
Member: Squadron Leader Md. Khaled Bin Salam (Retd.), Noor Uddin Javed, Md. Hasanuzzaman, Nizam Uddin Ahmed, Subri Mohammad, Saifus Sami Alamgir, Zahedun Nabi, Asif Hanif and Shah Newaz Shipon.
Kabaddi Federation
President: Md. Moinul Islam, IGP
Vice President: Hafizur Rahman Khan, Brigadier General Syed Md. Motahar Hossain, Abdullah Al Noman
General Secretary: SM Newaz Sohag
Joint Editor: Abdul Haque, Gazi Md. Mozammel Haque
Treasurer: Monir Hossain
Members: Mohammad Moniruzzaman, BM Yusuf Ali, Sharif Mohammad Arif Mihir, Asaduzzaman Shahin, Masudur Rahman Chunnu, Badshah Mia, Subimal Chandra Das, Army Sports Control Board Representative, BGB Sports and Training Board Representative and Police Sports Organization Representative
Bridge Federation
President: Syed Mahbubur Rahman
Vice President: Saeed Ahmed Ravi, Md. Abul Kashem
General Secretary: Naemul Hasan
Joint Editor: Muhammad Monirul Islam
Treasurer: Md. Zahid Hossain
Member: Shah Ziaul Haque, Md. Shaukat Hossain Bhuiyan, Nazmul Haque Kiran, Asifur Rahman Rajeev, Sheikh Amin, Mawla Al Mamun, Rashedul Hasan Ripon, Md. Alauddin, Mohammad Ehsanuzzaman, Mahmudul Hasan Sumon and Tanveer Ahmed Imon
