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Bangladesh Badminton Federation is the national organization governing the sport of badminton in Bangladesh. As of 2017, Abdul Malek is the president of the federation. Md. Alamgir Hossain has been the general secretary since 2022, and Moshiur Rahman has been the chief executive officer since 2018.
Badminton was introduced to Bangladesh in the 1900s by the British. At the time, the sport was only played throughout urban areas. [ 2 ] In 1972, the Bangladesh Badminton Federation was formed and the sport started to gain popularity.
The Bangladesh International is an international badminton tournament held in Dhaka, Bangladesh and organized by the Bangladesh Badminton Federation. The tournament was established in June 2002 and was part of the Asian Satellite. [ 1 ]
There are ten English language newspapers in Bangladesh. English medium schools are also operated in English. Mainly, the people of Bangladeshi descent residing in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the US and students of English medium schools in Bangladesh use Benglish (though the teaching of Standard English is also attempted).
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the internationally recognized governing body of the sport responsible for the regulation of tournaments and approaching fair play. Five regional confederations are associated with the BWF, the rest are unaffiliated, or are minor in comparison.
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations: Canada , Denmark , England , France , Ireland , Netherlands , New Zealand , Scotland and Wales .
The association was founded as Canadian Badminton Association in 1921 by representatives from badminton clubs across Canada. [3] The next year, the first ever national championships was held in Montreal. [4] It changed its name to Badminton Canada in 1989. [5]
Alina Begum won her first two national titles in Bangladesh in 1990. [2] Alina Begum won fourteen further titles until 2001. She was champion nine times in women's singles, six times in doubles and once in mixed doubles. [3] In 2004, Begum received a sports award for the year 2001 from the Bangladesh Sports Writers Association. [4]