The shooters also shone to some extent on another barren day at the regional meet when Shabrina Rahman and Fawzia Karim combined to win bronze in the 50m small bore free rifle 3 position 3X20 shots.

Foujia captured the silver medal with a leap of 6.07 metres in the women's long jump at the Jinnah Stadium Sports Complex. India's Jetty Joseph jumped to gold with 6.30m.

Bangladesh's other worthwhile performance on the opening day of a limited track and field programme came in heat one of the men's 200 metres where Mohammad Masudul Karim progressed to the next stage.

Elsewhere, in swimming Jewel Ahmed won bronze in the men's 50 metres butterfly final at the Pakistan Sports Complex Swimming Pool.

Jewel clocked 25.19 seconds to ensure Bangladesh added another bronze to their overall tally. Sri Lankan Anthony Francis won the event with a time of 26.11 seconds.

But the story of the pool as far as Bangladesh was Karar Samedul Islam's disqualification in the heats of 100m breaststroke.

The experienced Bangladesh Navy natant, who on Thursday led the 4x100 relay team capture silver, was eliminated after making a false start.

His compatriot Mohammad Niaz finished fourth in the event that saw a new Games record being set by Indian Puneet Rana.

He smashed the mark with a time of 1:07.93, beating the 1999 record of fellow Indian Deepak Singh (1:09.03).

In volleyball Bangladesh's hopes of glory were laid to rest with a 25-14, 25-19, 25-18 defeat by hosts Pakistan in one of the semifinals at the Liaquat Gymnasium. India disposed of Sri Lanka also in straight sets in the other semi.

Bangladesh's dismal showing in kabadi continued with a resounding 21-9 loss at the hands of Pakistan.