Army Chief inaugurates FIG meeting

BSS :
Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) President and Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed officially inaugurated the executive committee meeting of International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) at a city hotel on Wednesday, reports BSS.

FIG President Morinari Watanabe of Japan gave a welcome speech on the occasion, organized by Bangladesh Gymnastics Federation (BGF) and thanked the Army Chief in his brief speech.

The FIG president also appreciated the hosts Gymnastics Federation by saying that the development of Bangladesh in the field of sports is remarkable.

The FIG president expressed his optimism that Bangladesh would become a ‘Golden Bangla’ in the field of sports by achieving enviable success.

Speaking as the chief guest on the occasion, the Army Chief and BOA president thanked the FIG for choosing Bangladesh to host this important meeting of the FIG executive committee.

He said Bangladesh’s success today has been achieved only through the bloody struggle for independence and it was possible only for its architect Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The Army Chief said, “Our current Prime Minister Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina shrewdly has been executing the dream of the Father of the Nation.