Manzur Hasan Mintu (7 April 1940 – 18 November 2014) was a Bangladeshi footballer who played as a goalkeeper . He worked for radio and television as a sports commentator for 40 years since 1973. He was awarded National Sports Award for football and badminton by the Government of Bangladesh in 1978.
7-689: Mintu began playing in the Dhaka Second Division Football League with Kamal Sporting Club in 1953. He captained Dhaka Wanderers Club to the 1960 First Division League title. Mintu played for the Pakistan national football team in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo . He represented East Pakistan in the National Football Championship from 1957 to 1959 and later played for Dhaka Division from 1961 to 1963. Mintu graduated from
14-600: Is the fourth-tier football league in Bangladesh and the second-highest league division in Dhaka . It was officially founded in 1948 as the league below the First Division Football League when Bangladesh was under Pakistani rule. Until 1992, it served as the second-tier of Bangladeshi football before being replaced by the now-defunct Dhaka First Division Football League (1993–2006 second-tier version) . In 2012,
21-580: The University of Dhaka and worked as an income tax commissioner. After the retirement, he served as the treasurer of the national sports council. Mintu died on 18 November 2014, after suffering a cardiac arrest in Jaipur , India . Dhaka Wanderers Club East Pakistan White East Pakistan Dhaka Division Individual Dhaka Second Division Football League The Dhaka Second Division Football League ( Bengali : ঢাকা দ্বিতীয় বিভাগ ফুটবল লীগ )
28-650: The 2016–17 league after both clubs were found guilty of playing a fixed match. They were both fined Tk 50000, while three of the Dhaka United Sports Club players were suspended for different terms following their involvement in the fixed-match which led to Friends Social Welfare Organisation winning the game and thus avoiding relegation. On 10 November 2022, Bangladesh Football Federation found both BG Press Sports and Recreation Club and Khilgaon Football Academy guilty of match-fixing. Both clubs were also fined Tk5 lakhs each. BG Press had three points deducted, while
35-535: The club general secretary, Shikdar Moshiur Rahman, head coach Md Delowar Hossain and team manager Md Rafiqul Islam Sarkar, were banned from football activities for six months. Five players of BG Press – Salman Rahman, Mostafizur Rahman, Shahin Alam Pranto, Swadhin Biswas and Mehedi Hasan were also banned for six months, while Md Tanis Mia has been suspended for three months. Khilgaon Football Academy were already relegated from
42-623: The league was further demoted to become the country's fourth-tier. The two top-finishing teams are automatically promoted to the Dhaka Senior Division League . The bottom two teams are automatically relegated to the Dhaka Third Division League . The league is the second-highest division of semi-professional football in the country and is run by the Dhaka Metropolitan Football Committee under
49-838: The supervision of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). Level League / Division 1 Bangladesh Premier League 11 clubs - 2 relegation 2 Bangladesh Championship League 11 clubs - 2 promotion, 2 relegation 3 Dhaka Senior Division Football League 14 clubs – 2 promotion, 3 relegation 4 Dhaka Second Division Football League 18 clubs, split into 2 groups – 3 promotion, 2 relegation 5 Dhaka Third Division Football League 18 clubs, split into 2 groups – 5 promotion, 2 relegation 6 Bangladesh Pioneer Football League unlimited number of clubs - 4 promotion On 8 June 2017, Bangladesh Football Federation relegated Dhaka United Sports Club and Friends Social Welfare Organisation during
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