BHF is also affiliated to the Bangladesh Olympic Association and South Asian Handball Federation.

[1] Handball game was launched in Bangladesh in 1982 under the leadership of the then vice-president of National Sports Control Board MA Hamid.

The then assistant director of National Sports Council, Siddiqur Rahman Munshi, and the general secretary, Asaduzzaman Kohinoor, were the facilitators for the overall management.

Under the leadership of Rear Admiral Mahbub Ali Khan an ad-hock committee was formed with him as chief patron, Hamid as president, General Secretary Ali Akbar, Joint Secretary Asaduzzaman Kohinoor.

On 1 May 1984, BHF received formal recognition by the then National Sports Control Board.