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Sports, training activities to start in a small scale: Russell


Bangladeshpost
Published : 11 Aug 2020 07:34 PM | Updated : 06 Sep 2020 04:30 PM

The Youth and Sports Ministry decided to start all kinds of sporting and training activities in a small scale in the country maintaining the health rules, a youth and Sports Ministry press release said today, reports BSS.

“Many countries have started their sports and training activities maintaining health rules due to the reduction of COVID-19 infection…… the infection rate is also going down in our country and in this context we sent a letter to health and family welfare ministry asking their opinion to start the sporting activities and the Health Directorate gave their positive opinion to start the sports and training imposing ten conditions, said State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell MP said after the emergency meeting held today at the Youth and Sports Ministry.

So we have decided to start all kinds of sporting and training activities in the country in a small obeying the condition given by the Health Directorate, the State Minister added.

Earlier, in March, the State Minister Zahid Ahsan Russell directed all the National Sports Federations, Associations and concerned authorities to immediately halt all ongoing and scheduled upcoming sporting events, both domestic and international, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Youth and Sports Secretary Mohammad Akter Hossain and other ministry high officials were also present in the meeting.