C T Online Desk: K M Ali Azam, senior secretary in the public administration ministry, said there was no substitute for sports in building a healthy nation. When you play sports, your body health is good. It is possible to overcome social ills through sports. That is why the government is organizing sports at all departmental levels.
He was speaking at the inaugural function of the annual divisional sports competition for government employees and their sons and daughters working in the Chittagong division at MA Aziz Stadium in the city on Saturday (May 14).
Presided over by Ashraf Uddin,Chittagong Divisional Commissioner while KM Ali Azam, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Public Administration was the chief guest at the function
Bangladesh Employees Welfare Board Director Nawab Aslam Habib was present as a special guest. India’s gold medalist national athlete journalist Sarwarul Alam Sohail and former national athlete Smarinika Chakma lit the Olympic torch.