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. |
