A five-day long bridge tournament, sponsored by Max Group, will begin on October 20 at the Engineers Institute of the city, Bangladesh Bridge Federation announced at a press conference on Tuesday.
Minister for Science and Technology, Yeafesh Osman, is expected to inaugurate the tournament that has total prize money of over Tk 3 lakh.‘Bridge is a game for the most intelligent people,’ said Lt Colonel (retd) Mosharraf Hossain, general secretary of BBF.
‘We want to spread the game throughout the country so that it can help young people stay away from gambling and drugs,’ he added.
The tournament will be held in two segments as pairs and teams. There are special prizes for women and student participants apart from top four position holders in both segments as prize money.
Sponsor Max group officials said they believe it is the start of new era for Bangladesh who can emerge as a force in the world bridge in future.
‘We are ecstatic to help arranging the tournament’, said Ghulam Mohammed Alomgir, the chairman of Max Group and also the Chairman of Engineering recreation club, another co-organiser of the event with BBF.
‘We believe we can create hype in the university, college and school levels, we are going to organise many national and international events,’ he added.
The organisers of BBF informed they are going to host SAFF bridge tournament this year.
-With New Age input
