The first meeting of the newly-elected committee of Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA), which has been formed for the next four years, was held on Monday at 1 pm in the board room of its building.
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, SBP, OSP, NDU, PSC, PhD was elected as the president and Syed Shahed Reza was elected as the secretary general for the third straight time.
On December 9, a panel headed by Shahed Raza submitted nomination papers. The last day of withdrawal was on December 17. However, since no one withdrew, everyone was elected unopposed. Therefore, there was no need for elections scheduled for December 22.
Kazi Nabil Ahmed, vice president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and acting director in charge of Abahani Limited and Archery Federation president Lt. General (Retd.) Moinul Islam has taken place in the executive committee for the first time as vice-president.