Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- day 48th National Athletics Championship 2025, organised by the Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF), began here on Monday at the National Stadium in Dhaka.

Adviser of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, LGRD and Cooperatives, Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan inaugurated the three-day meet Monday afternoon as the chief guest.

BAF President Major General (Retd) Dr. Mohammad Nayeem Ashfaque Chowdhury presided over the inaugural function, conducted by BAF general secretary M Shah Alam.

Mohammad Ismail of Bangladesh Navy regained the country's fasted man crown after three years in absence of injury-grabbed Bangladesh-origin English Athlete Imrarur Rahman, who clinched the 100-meter sprint gold medal four times in the National and...