A Correspondent:
Sylhet: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday in Sylhet inaugurated the nationwide talent hunt pro-gram titled ‘Notun Kuri Sports Festival’, aimed at discovering sporting talent among children and adoles-cents across the country.
The premier formally inaugurated the program at Sylhet Stadium in Rikabi Bazar area at the afternoon unveiling the trophy and the logo of the event.
The program has been launched with the theme ‘Krira Hole Pesha, Paribar Pabe Bhorosa (If sports be-come a profession, the family will find hope)’.
Apart from children and adolescents present in the Sylhet Stadium, young athletes from district stadiums across the country were also virtually connected to the inaugural ceremony.
With this inauguration, the ‘Notun Kuri Sports’ program officially began its journey to explore sporting talent among children and adolescents across the country up to grassroots level.
In continuation of the popular talent hunting program ‘Notun Kuri’ of the 1980s, the government launched the program as per ruling party’s election pledges to find promising athletes from the ward lev-el of union and city corporation and develop them as skilled sportspersons.
State Minister for Sports Aminul Haque was present on the occasion, among others.
