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The Independence Cup Football, the season's curtain-raiser, will begin on November 27.
Sixteen teams – twelve from the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and four others – will lock horns in the competition.
The inter-club player transfer will begin on October 1 and will continue till November 25. During this time, participating clubs will be able to recruit and register local and foreign booters.
The upcoming BPL football matches will take place at six venues across the country, and one venue will be the home venue of a maximum of two clubs.
The decision was taken at a sub-committee meeting of the Bangladesh Football Federation's professional league management committee Wednesday with committee chairman Abdus Salam Murshedy in the chair.