Nazmul Hassan wants to increase sports facilities

BSS, Dhaka :
Nazmul Hassan Papon, the newly appointed Minister for Youth and Sports, vowed to increase the sports ground and facilities in a bid to attract more people toward sports.
Following his swearing in as Minister for Youth and Sports on Thursday, Papon, also the President of the country’s influential federation Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) spent his first working day last morning in the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Later, he went to National Sports Council (NSC) which is responsible to look after the country’s federations.
While the NSC is busy with building stadiums across the country, Papon made it clear that he is not in favour of making stadium, rather he wants more open playgrounds which could attract the people to take sports seriously.
“I am in favour of sports rather than making stadiums. I don’t think we need stadiums everywhere,” Papon told the reporters on Sunday at the NSC.
“Which is more important is to have open playgrounds with facilities like dressing rooms so that the people have access to enter the grounds and play there,” he added.
The enthusiasm is palpable as Papon reached NSC as the first full-time Minister of Ministry of Youth and Sports after 1990.