GTV, Jamuna TV, RTV and Bangla Vision moved into the semifinal of the First Pran Krako-DRU Handball Tournament eliminating their rivals on the 4th day at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city on Wednesday.
In the semifinals on Thursday, GTV will play Bangla Vision at 10 am while RTV will face Jamuna TV at 10:45 am at the same venue.
The final match of the 24-team competition will be held also on Thursday at 12 noon. Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu will be the chief guest in the final.
In the day’s matches, Jamuna TV outplayed Dipto TV by 7-1 goals, RTV beat BSS 2-0, GTV defeated Jamuna TV 9-2, Bangla Vision beat BSS 6-3, Gazi TV beat Dipto TV 7-1 and RTV defeated Bangla Vision by 4-2 goals.
After the super-six league basis group matches, GTV and RTV emerged group champion while Jamuna TV and Bangla Vision finished group runners-up to reach the last four stages.
Shushanto Sinha of Jamuna TV, Apple Shahriar of RTV, Al-Amin Sabuj of GTV, Mahfuzur Rahman of Banglavision, Al-Amin Sabuj of GTV and Rakib Manik of RTV were adjudged man of the match in their respective matches.
After the match, Bangladesh Handball Federation general secretary Asaduzzaman Kohinoor, Administrator of Bangabandhu National Stadium Mohammad Yeahia, DRU general secretary Razu Ahmed, DRU sports Secretary Mojibur Rahman, Assistant marketing manager of Pran Foods Ltd Touhiduzzaman distributed man of the match awards.
Twenty-four teams of different print, electronic, new agency and online media houses are taking part in the meet, organised by Dhaka Reporters Unity under the supervision of Bangladesh Handball Federation and sponsored by Pran Foods Ltd.
