In 2018, the Bangladesh Olympic Association organised national games entitled “ Youth Games” featuring 21 disciplines.

The games were held at local, regional and national levels. 27,196 competitors aged up to 17 years participated. The Organising Secretary and Secretary General of BOA, Syed Shahed Reza, in recognition of his successful role, received an award on 28 November 2018 at the ANOC General Assembly in Tokyo. Also present at the event were IOC President, Dr Thomas Bach and ANOC President, Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al Sabah.

After attending the 15th International Session for Presidents or Directors of National Olympic Academies organised by the IOA in May 2019, Fakhruddin Haider, Director General of the BOA initiated an updating of the archives in the care of the National Olympic Academy.Within the framework of the 125th anniversary of the International Olympic Committee, a seminar was organised by the NOA with the support and financial assistance of the Bangladesh NOC. The theme was “Sport, Environment and Sustainable Development”.

The National Olympic Academy Director, Mahfuzur Rahman Siddique, was assigned by the BOA Training and Development Committee the task of supervising and reporting on the training of female teams in three disciplines in view of the forthcoming 13th South Asian Games in Nepal in 2019. On August 5, 2019, during an event at Olympic House in which the Academy also participated, Secretary General Fakhruddin Haider delivered the finances contributed by Olympic Solidarity for the Tokyo Olympics’ preparations.