Sana gets a promotion

South Asian Games’ triple gold medallist archer Ruman Sana has been promoted to the lance naik post from soldier’s post during a reception yesterday hosted by the Bangladesh Ansar and VDP to its athletes who won medals at the regional multi-sports extravaganza in Nepal in December last year.

Bangladesh had a 464-athlete contingent who won a total of 142 medals -- 19 gold, 33 silver and 90 bronze. Out of those medals, eight gold, 13 silver and 47 bronze medals were won by 144 athletes from Bangladesh Ansar and VDP.

Ansar and VDP, one of the top services teams of the country, handed over Tk 33.25 lakh among the winners apart from promoting Sana, who last year directly qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

“It is a big inspiration for me. I will now get more facilities from Ansar to take care of my family. I think this recognition and prizemoney will increase my responsibility to perform better at international level,” Sana told reporters at the headquarters of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP in Khilgaon. 

“I think this promotion and cash-award will also encourage other Ansar athletes to produce better results at international level,” Sana said, urging Bangladesh Ansar to scout more talented athletes from outside the services team.   

Bangladesh Ansar and VDP’s director general Major General Kazi Sharif Kaikobad informed that they have started the process of giving permanent jobs to athletes who produce good results even if they do not match criteria such as education, age, height, etc.