The 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay arrived in Dhaka on Thursday 6 January as it continues its global journey around the 72 Commonwealth nations and territories before concluding at the opening ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on 28 July.
The Baton was carried to the High Commission by celebrated Bangladeshi sport shooters Abdullah Hel Baki and Shakil Ahmed, where they were welcomed by the British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson, alongside the President of the Bangladesh Olympic Association General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed, SBP, OSP, ndu, psc, PhD. The reception was attended by several renowned sports persons in Bangladesh, representatives of Bangladesh government, different civil society organisations, youth groups, British businesses, and heads of missions of the Commonwealth countries in Bangladesh.
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson said
“With the 50th anniversary of UK-Bangladesh relations and our ties through the Commonwealth, the arrival of the Queen’s Baton Relay in Bangladesh is another important…
