Sports state minister promises BKSP for Cumilla, Adarsha Sadar win Barura final on tiebreaker

Youth and Sports State Minister Aminul Haque has promised that a BKSP will be established in Cumilla very soon.

He gave the assurance for Cumilla's sports development while speaking as a guest at the final and prize-giving ceremony of the AKM Abu Taher Memorial Inter-Upazila Football Tournament, held on Friday afternoon at the Kadba Talagram Tarini Charan Laha High School field in Barura upazila of Cumilla.

The state minister said that, alongside making the BKSPs in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country more self-reliant, a BKSP will be established in Cumilla very soon.

In the final of the tournament, contested by 19 teams, Cumilla Adarsha Sadar Upazila defeated Chandina Upazila on a tiebreaker to become champions.

At the ceremony, the state minister said positive change and a real social revolution are possible in society through the spread of sports. He said sports strengthen discipline, mutual harmony and family bonds among people, and that a healthy, talented and disciplined generation can be built through them.

Expressing his resolve to keep the young generation drug-free and give them a healthy and beautiful future, he said initiatives will be taken to build playgrounds in every union and stadiums at upazila level, and that work on building the Barura Upazila stadium will be taken up very soon.

He also said sports will not be limited to a specific time of year, and that football, cricket, volleyball, table tennis and other disciplines will continue throughout the year.

Emphasising regular sports competitions from the national level down to schools and colleges, the state minister said their main goal is to build a prosperous and humane Bangladesh through everyone's combined efforts. He called on everyone to work unitedly to form a disciplined nation, holding the spirit of 'Bangladesh before all' regardless of party or opinion.