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Milestone School student wins national chess championship
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 17 Oct 2026, 02:54 PM
Milestone School and College achieves remarkable success in the Summer National Sports Competition. Photo: Courtesy
Ahnaf Shehzad, a Class Six student of Milestone School and College, has won the boys’ medium-category chess championship at the 53rd Summer National Sports Competition 2026.
Representing the Padma region, Ahnaf secured the title in the national-level final held at Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla.
Colonel Nurun Nabi (retd), adviser to Milestone College, Principal Mohammad Ziaul Alam, Vice-Principal (Administration) Md Masud Alam and Milestone Preparatory KG School Executive Principal Rifat Nabi Alam congratulated Ahnaf on his achievement and wished him continued success.
The 53rd Summer National Sports Competition 2026 began at the institutional level on August 26 under the theme “Building the Nation through Sporting Excellence—Bangladesh First”. Competitions were held in phases at upazila, district, sub-regional and regional levels.
For the competition, Bangladesh was divided into four regions—Padma, Bokul, Chapa and Golap. The national-level events and prize-giving ceremony took place from October 6 to 10 under the management of the Cumilla Education Board.
Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Hoque Milon inaugurated the national-level competition. On the concluding day, Professor Dr Khan Moinuddin Al Mahmud Sohel, director general of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, attended as the chief guest and presented prizes to the winners.