The ground-breaking of the proposed Sheikh Kamal Sports Complex at the Abahani ground in Dhaka will start in the first week of September next. This announcement was made yesterday by Salman F. Rahman, the chairman of Abahani Ltd on the occasion of the 65th birth anniversary of Sheikh Kamal, the founder of Abahani and also the eldest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The club officials along with different sports and political organizations placed floral wreaths at the mural of Sheikh Kamal at the club premises at the early hours of Tuesday while a Quran Khwani and a discussion was followed by a doa mahfil during daytime. The announcement of ground-breaking came during the discussion session.
Salman F. Rahman, also a close friend of Sheikh Kamal, said the country needs a sports visionary like Sheikh Kamal and his vacuum is yet to be filled. “Sheikh Kamal died at 26, he was a young guy but his thoughts were big and Abahani Ltd is the perfect testimony of that. He founded Abahani club to inject more competitive edge in the sports arena and his dream came true. Abahani has now grown as the most renowned sports club in the country,” said Salman.
Salman further added that to realize the dream of Sheikh Kamal, the sports complex at the Abahani Club would also be built soon. “It was his dream to see Abahani as the prime sports organization and we will be starting the construction of Sheikh Kamal Sports Complex in the first week of September. The Ministry of Housing and Public Works will soon issue the clearance and the Prime Minister also wants to see the start of the work,” said Salman.
Kazi Shahed Ahmed, the Director in charge of the club opined Sheikh Kamal was a extremely talented person. “I feel the absence of Sheikh Kamal, his talented approach and thoughts in many aspects today. We should work hard to run the club more efficiently,” said Shahed.
Kazi Nabil Ahmed, the director of Abahani and a ruling party MP paid tribute to the founder of the club. “His thoughts and works were the reflections of his foresight and Abahani is here to demonstrate it. He founded Abahani when he was a young man,” said Nabil
Nazmul Hasan Papon, the BCB president and also a ruling party MP said it was the influence of Shiekh Kamal that inspired him to sports and become an organizer also.
The MP of the constituency Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, BFF vice president Badal Roy, BFF ex-co member Fazlur Rahman Babul and Shahabuddin Ahmed also paid tribute to Sheikh Kamal on the occasion.
