Saarc Youth Camp in Bangladesh this year

By Unb, Dhaka
23 May 2007, 18:00 PM
The first Saarc Youth Camp-2007, rallying the youths aged 18-24 from the eight member-countries of the forum, will be held in Bangladesh at this year-end.

A total of 120 youths, including 50 from the host-country Bangladesh, will join the maiden meet of this kind. Of the rest 70 participants, 10 each will come from the seven other Saarc member-countries.

The programme was disclosed at a meeting in the city yesterday with acting secretary of Youth and Sports Dr M Golam Mostafa Talukder in the chair.

A national organising committee, headed by the secretary, was formed for successfully holding the Saarc Youth Camp.