In the first batch 20 atheletes from the 50-member Bangladesh contingent left Dhaka for England on Monday evening to participate in the 22nd Commonwealth Games' 2022. 

The Games will be held in Birmingham from July 28 to August 8.

The Bangladesh contingent includes 29 athletes in seven disciplines of sports --Athletics, Boxing, Gymnastics, Swimming, Weight-lifting, Wrestling, and Table Tennis. 

There are 21 officials in the contingent. 

Bangladesh's most prospective discipline "Shooting", from which the country earned eight medals including two golds, was not included in the ensuing games. So, this time, Bangladesh is just looking for improving their individual best and gathering experiences.        

Country's famed weight-lifter Mabia Akther Simanta, who clinched the gold medals in the last two SAFF Games, will carry national flag during the march past of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. General Secretary of Bangladesh Athletics Federation Advocate Abdur Rakib Montu will lead the contingent in the parade. Rakib will fly to Birmingham from the US. 

All the athletes excluding those in Athletics and Wrestling, left the capital in the first batch. The Athletics and Wrestling teams will join the Bangladesh contingent in Birmingham later.

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The expatriate gymnast of Bangladesh team Ali Kader Haque already reached Birmingham fron New Zealand with his coach Devid Michal.  

The athletes who departed are:  Boxers Hossain Ali, Sur Krishna Chakma, Salim Hossain; Gymnasts Shisir Ahmed, Abu Sayed Rafi; Swimmer Asif Reza, Sukumar Rajbongshi, Sonia Khantun, Mahmudun Nabi Nahid, Marium Akhter; Lifters Mabia Akhter Simanta, Marzia Akhter Ikra, Monira Kazi, Ashiqur Rahman and Table tennis players Mohtasin Ahmed Hridoy, Rifat Mahmud Sabbir, Mufdradul Khair Hamza, Ramhin Rion Boom, Sonam Sultana Soma and Sadia Rahman Mou.