The country鈥檚 senior and junior shuttlers will be busy for over a week as nearly 350 competitors from 19 countries compete in the Yonex-Sunrise junior and senior International Badminton tournaments, to be held at the city鈥檚 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium from December 13 to 21.
The Junior International Series will be held from December 13 to 15, while the Senior International Challenge is scheduled for December 17 to 21.
A total of 114 shuttlers from three countries 鈥� host Bangladesh, India, and Indonesia 鈥攚ill compete in five categories 鈥� boys鈥� singles and doubles, girl鈥檚 singles and doubles, and mixed doubles 鈥� in the junior series offering a purse of $ 5,000 as prize money.
While a total of 228 senior shuttlers from Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Myanmar, Canada, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Japan, Maldives, Ukraine, Italy, Finland, Bulgaria, Uganda, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and England will compete in the senior series.
There will also be five events鈥攎en鈥檚 singles and doubles, women鈥檚 singles and doubles, and mixed doubles鈥攊n the International Challenge offering $ 15,000 as prize money.
Bangladesh Badminton Federation acting president Quamrun Nahar Dana disclosed the details of the competition during a press conference at the Bangladesh Olympic Association auditorium on Wednesday.
The tournament director and a deputy inspector general of police, Taptun Nasreen, was also present on the occasion.
