After a seven-year gap, the First Division Handball League gets underway from tomorrow at the Shaheed M Mansur Ali National Handball Federation with only six teams taking part in the round-robin matches.

“It was our failure not to hold the first division league regularly, but we promise to keep it continuing from this season,” said Bangladesh Handball Federation general secretary Asaduzzaman Kohinoor at a press conference at the handball stadiumyesterday.

The participating teams are Mansur SC, Satirtha Club, Purbachal Parishad, Jatrabari Sporting Academy, Prime SC and Arambagh KS as two teams wiU qualify for the Premier Division League while four teams from the second division will join the second division league.

Sponsor Orient Bred would provide Tk one lakh out of estimated budget of Tk 2.34 lakh, informed Kohinoor.