The 39th National Table Tennis Competition, jointly organised by Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation and Chattogram District Sports Association, begins today at the Chattogram Rifles Club.
A total of 230 paddlers -- 113 men, 43 women, 46 boys and 28 girls -- from five divisions, 28 districts, three services and one university will take part in the 8-day long event.
The organisers fixed a budget of Tk 22 lakh for this meet while Chattogram DSA will sponsor Tk 13 lakh, UCB Bank Ltd will give Tk 5 lakh and Polar Ice Cream will provide Tk 4 lakh.
The details were disclosed by BTTF in a press conference at the conference room of Bangabandhu National Stadium in the capital on Friday.
