TT tourney starts today
The Lotto Cup Open Table Tennis Competition starts today at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium in Paltan with 158 players taking part.
The competition features four main events -- men's singles and doubles and women's singles and doubles -- along with a non-seeded competition for U-15 boys involving participants from 10 schools of the capital.
The four-day event has a total budget of Tk.3.5 lakh, out of which Italian Sportswear giant Lotto will provide Tk.2.5 lakh while the rest will be borne by the Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation.
Minister for Information and Culture Abul Kalam Azad will inaugurate the event in the afternoon where Italian ambassador to Bangladesh Giorgio Guglielmino will be present as special guest.
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