Bangladesh Fencing Association

Bangladesh Fencing Association was established in 2007.^[4] The president was Lieutenant General ATM Zahirul Alam and the general secretary was Major Qamrul Islam.^[5] The first participants were from Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party Club.^[5][6]

President of the association, A.T.M. Zahirul Alam led the 23 member delegation of Bangladesh to the Rio Olympics in 2016.^[7]

In September 2017, Shoeb Chowdhury was appointed President of Bangladesh Fencing Association; he was serving as the vice-president of the association.^[8] Sheob is the chairman of Daily Asian Age and a director of Special Olympics Bangladesh.^[9]

National Sports Council made an ad-hoc committee for the Bangladesh Fencing Association with 27 members on 12 August 2021.^[4] Shoeb Chowdhury was the president and Selim Omrao Khan was the general secretary of the association.^[10] They met the State Minister for Youth and Sports, Zahid Ahsan Russell, to inform him about the activities of the Bangladesh Fencing Association.^[11]

Fencing association became a Federation since 2022 and as so far National sports council made a new ad-hoc committee for Bangladesh fencing Federation with new members where the president is Md Major Qumrul Islam(retd) and general secretary is Md Basunia M Ashiqul Islam.

In March 2022, the Bangladesh Fencing Association held the 4th Bangabandhu Independence Cup Fencing Competition at Shaheed Sohrawardi Indoor Stadium which was won by a team from Bangladesh Navy.^[12] It held the Bangabandhu 7th President Cup Fencing Championship in November.^[13]

In March 2023, the Bangladesh Fencing Association held the 5th Sheikh Kamal National Fencing Competition at the Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium at Mirpur.^[14][15]