Swimmers before starting their venture through the Bangla Channel on Monday, November 30, 2020 | Dhaka TribuneKhitish Chandra Boishob, 68, to become the oldest person to swim through Bangla ChannelThis year 43 people including two women are on the way to cross the Bangla Channel, a 16-kilometre-long swimming path in the Bay of Bengal. Showroz Adventure and Extreme Bangla have been organizing their 15th swimming event in the channel, while Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, Bangladesh Tourism Board are co-organizers and Fortune Group is the primary sponsor. If he succeeds he will be the oldest person to swim through Bangla Channel. "In 2019, 67 years old Mizanur Rahman crossed the Bangla Channel. Bangla Channel is discovered by 'Adventure Guru' late Quazi Hamidul Haque.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 30, 2020 10:52 UTC