The National Sports Council of Bangladesh on Tuesday dissolved three sports associations – the Kite Association, the Para Archery Association, and the Kyokushin Karate Association – and the functions of these associations will be merged with the existing parent bodies of these sports.
Kite Association has been merged with Country Games Association, while Para Archery Association with Archery Federation and Kyokushin Karate Association with the Karate Federation, as the NSC took the decision.Ìý
The sports governing body of the country came under the authority of the National Sports Council Act 2018, reducing the number of federations and associations to 52 from 55 under its supervision.
The decisions came as part of the government’s reform initiative for the country’s sporting arena following criticism over the approval of federations and associations by the NSC under political or personal influence.
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