"The opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics was a spectacular show," the Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed of the Bangladesh caretaker government said on Thursday.

In an exclusive interview with Xinhua on Thursday ahead of his visit to China, the head of the government spoke highly of the Beijing Olympics in August.

"I watched both opening and closing ceremony and some events," said the chief adviser, terming China super sport power and praising the performance of Chinese athletes.

He said, joining of Bangladesh team in the Beijing Olympics is symbolic, but it provided inspiration to Bangladesh athletes to watch how other athletes performs in the Olympic Games.

For Bangladesh athletes, it's also important, he said.

As he is going to visit China and attend the closing ceremony of Beijing Paralympics, the chief adviser said, "I am looking forward to the visit."

Bangladesh sent a 39-member delegation to Beijing Olympics including 5 athletes who competed in swimming, shooting, track and field games by 5 wild cards from International Olympic Committee for Beijing Olympics.

(Xinhua News Agency September 12, 2008)