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Wednesday | October 28, 2026 | Dhaka

Nat’l Swimming, Diving, Water Polo Compt kicks-off today

 Sports Reporter
 Published: 12:03 AM, 28 October 2026
General Secretary of Bangladesh Swimming Federation General Secretary of Bangladesh Swimming Federation (BSF) Syed Aminul Haque Dewan Sajal speaks at a press conference at the Dutch-Bangla Bank Auditorium in Bangladesh Olympic Association Bhaban on Tuesday.

Max Group 35th National Swimming, Diving, Water Polo Competition will kick-off today at National Swimming Complex in Mirpur. Bangladesh Swimming Federation will arrange the four-day long meet under auspices of Max Group.

State Minister for Youth and Sports Md Aminul Haque will inaugurate the four-day long gala extravaganza today as the chief guest, while President of Bangladesh Swimming Federation and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Khondkar Misbah ul Azim and Member of the Parliament for the Bogura-6 (Bogura Sadar) constituency Md. Rezaul Karim Badsha will be present with him as special guests.

To mark the upcoming swimming, diving and water polo meets, a press conference was held at the Dutch-Bangla Bank Auditorium in Bangladesh Olympic Association Bhaban on Tuesday.

General Secretary of Bangladesh Swimming Federation (BSF) Syed Aminul Haque Dewan Sajal, Joint-Secretary of BSF Mohammad Salim Mia, Representative of Max Group Ibrahim Khalil Palash were present at the conference, among others. A total of 74 teams will take part in the four-day long competitions.

They are different divisional and district sports associations, some swimming clubs, BKSP, different universities, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force and Bangladesh Police.

A number of 470 male swimmers and 102 female swimmers will compete in the meet.

A total of 42 swimming events, six diving events water polo events for male and female will be held.

The first-place achiever of the event will be awarded with a gold medal and certificate,

The second-place earner will be given a silver medal and certificate, the third-place finisher will get a bronze medal and a certificate.

The champions team will be given trophy and the runners-up team will also get trophy. Besides, the new national record-breaker swimmer will get Taka 5,000 as prize-money.

President of Bangladesh Swimming Federation and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Admiral Khondkar Misbah ul Azim will distribute the prizes among the winners as the chief guest on the concluding day (October 31).

Executive Director of the National Sports Council (NSC) Md. Doulutuzzaman Khan, Director (Sports) of NSC Md. Zahed Parvez Chowdhury and Chairman of Max Group Engineer Golam Mohammad Alamgir will be with him as special guests.