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The sporting arena of Bangladesh is
vast and comprised of various government, national,
regional and local organizations as well as voluntary
associations and sporting clubs at different levels.
Immediately after independence in 1971 there was felt
need to severe with the past and to establish an apex
body at the national level to co-ordinate the activities
of the various sports organization.
With this in view the Government by a Resolution of 7
February 1972 appointed a committee on Sports headed by
the then Minister for Education and Culture to control,
co-ordinate and manage sports and games activities of
Bangladesh and also to recommend organizational,
strategic and legal framework for all round healthy
growth of sports and games in the country within a
period of six months. Bangladesh Krira Niyantran
Shangstha (BKNS) started functioning under the committee
in 1972. Two years later BKNS was transformed into
Bangladesh Sports Council by an Act of the Parliament.
This Act, presently known as the National Sports Council
Act, 1974, was amended in 1976, 1978, 1991 and lastly in
2003. The 1976 amendment changed the name of the
organization as National Sports Control Board but the
1991 amendment reverted to the nomenclature of National
Sports Council (NSC).
As provided in the Act, the Council is a body corporate
having perpetual succession and a common seal with
power, among others, to acquire, hold, manage and
dispose of property, both moveable and immovable, and
shall by the said name sue and be sued. |
