Bangladesh Krira Shiksha Protishthan (BKSP) is the national sports institute of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. The Government-funded autonomous institute is located at Savar

Sävar

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, near the capital Dhaka

Dhaka

Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...

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Management

BKSP is run by a Board of Governors, which is headed by the Minister of Youth and Sports.

Training programme

BKSP is a residential school, and has training programmes in the following areas:

• Athletics
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Soccer
• Gymnastics,
• Field Hockey
• Swimming
• Boxing
• Shooting, and
• Tennis

Students are admitted in class VII (7th grade), but in some cases like Gymnastics or Boxing, younger students below the age of 10 are admitted in Class IV (fourth grade).

Affiliation and other services

BKSP is affiliated with the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, and National University of Bangladesh. It has a Sports Science department which provides training and short courses on Sports medicine, Exercise Physiology, Nutrition, Bio-mechanics, etc. to trainers and coaches. It also provides regular education to its students.

Notable alumni

• Asif Hossain Khan
  Asif Hossain Khan
  Asif Hossain Khan is a Bangladeshi shooter. He won the gold medal at 2002 Commonwealth Games in 10 m Air Rifle and repeated his success in the 2004 SAF games by winning gold in the same event. On October 2, 2006 he was brutally beaten by the local police of Bangladesh, injuring both of his arms...
  
  , first Bangladeshi shooter to win a gold at the Commonwealth Games
  Commonwealth Games
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• Shakib Al Hasan
  Shakib Al Hasan
  Shakib Al Hasan is a Bangladeshi international cricketer of the national team. He is an all-rounder, batting left-handed in the middle order and bowling slow left-arm orthodox. He represented Bangladesh at under-19 level, 18 Youth One Day Internationals between 2005 and 2006...
  
  ,Cricketer, Bangladesh cricket team
• Raqibul Hasan
  Raqibul Hasan Jr.
  Raqibul Hasan is a Bangladesh international cricketer who also plays for Dhaka Division. He played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka and in 2007 became the first Bangladeshi cricketer to score a triple hundred in first class cricket when Barisal played Sylhet Division in March 2007...
  
  ,Cricketer, Bangladesh cricket team