Dhaka: Bangladesh has postponed an international archery competition scheduled to be held in the last week of February due to travel restrictions imposed in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak in China.

Kazi Rajib Uddin Ahmed Chapol, the general secretary of the Bangladesh Archery Federation, confirmed the development to bdnews24.com on Tuesday.

“Many countries have refused to send their archers due to coronavirus scare. So, we are postponing the tournament for now,” he said.

The federation will sit to fix a new schedule of the tournament, he added.

The ISSF International Solidarity Championships was slated for Feb 23-28. Bangladesh was scheduled to hold the world ranking event for the fourth consecutive year.