Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan given a reward of Tk 1 crore for the seven-nation SAFF Women's unbeaten champions Bangladesh Women's Football team. The Sports Adviser gave the reward on behalf of the Youth and Sports Ministry while he made a courtesy call with the women's footballers at the BFF office in Dhaka's Motijheel Thursday evening. BCB announces Tk 20 lakh award for Bangladesh women’s football team The sports adviser said, "Our chief adviser is very keen to meet the national heroine and will accord a reception for them on Saturday (Nov 2) at 11 am at his official residence. " Earlier, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) also announced an award of Tk 20 lakh for the Bangladesh women’s national football team, which won the SAFF Women’s Championship title for the 2nd time in a row, beating 6th time finalists and hosts Nepal by 2-1 goals in the final in Kathmandu on Wednesday evening. Earlier, the Bangladesh women's football team landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 2:15 pm on Thursday, where BFF officials received the players with bouquets and heartfelt congratulations. After clearing airport formalities, the celebrated team embarked on a jubilant procession to the BFF office in Motijheel, travelling by open-roof bus, mostly on elevated expressway while proudly displaying the SAFF trophy. Women footballers to receive due salaries soon: Shafiqul Alam

The Bangladesh Women's Football team, now in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, practiced for the 2nd consecutive day today (Monday),  ahead of the seven-nation 6th SAFF Women's Championship' 2022 beginning on Tuesday. Hosts Nepal will play Bhutan in the opening day's lone match at 5:30 pm on Tuesday at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu. Bangladesh team was placed in tough Group A, along with five times champions India, the Maldives and Pakistan while Group B team comprises hosts Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. Bangladesh will start their campaign taking on the Maldives on Wednesday (Sept 7) at 5:30 pm while two arch-rival India and Pakistan will meet each other in the day's other match at 1pm. In the remaining group matches, Bangladesh will face Pakistan on Sept 10 at 1pm and will meet India on Sept 13 at 5:30 pm. Also read: SAFF U-17: Bangladesh start versus hosts Sri Lanka on Monday Experienced booter Sabina Khatun will lead  he Bangladesh women's side as captain while Maria Manda will assist her as vice-captain. Ahead of the regional tournament, Bangladesh team made  half an hour long gym session Monday morning from 10 00 am to 10:30 am and later they took part in the official press conference at Soaltee Kathmandu Hotel.  

A 34-member Bangladesh Women's Football team reached Nepalese capital Kathmandu Saturday morning to compete in the seven-nation 6th SAFF Women's Championship' 2022 beginning on Tuesday. Experienced booter Sabina Khatun accompanied the Bangladesh women's side as captain, Maria Manda as vice-captain and Zakir Hossian Chowdhury as the team leader. All the players of Bangladesh team staying at Soaltee Kathmandu Hotel are now in sound health, said a BFF media release Saturday afternoon. Also read: SAFF Women's Champs: .Bangladesh team leaves for Nepal Saturday Bangladesh will make their first practice session on Sunday (Sept 4) at the Army headquarters ground in Kathmandu from 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm (Bangladesh time). Earlier, Bangladesh team was placed in tough Group A alongwith five times champions India, the Maldives and Pakistan while Group B team comprises hosts Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. Alao read: SAFF U-17: Bangladesh to start campaign versus hosts Sri Lanka Hosts Nepal will play Bhutan in the opening day's lone match at 5:30 pm at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu. Bangladesh will start their campaign taking on the Maldives on Wednesday (Sept 7) at 5:30 pm while two arch-rivals India and Pakistan will meet each other in the day:s other match at 1pm. In the remaining group matches, Bangladesh will face Pakistan on Sept 10 at 1pm and will meet India on Sept 13 at 5:30 pm. On completion of group matches, top two teams from each of the groups will play in the semifinals on Sept 16. The final match will held on Sept 19 at 5 pm. The morale of youthful Bangladesh women's team is now high than all previous occasions after winning the two- match series 1-0 against upper ranked Malaysia recently. Bangladesh beat Malaysia 6-0 in the first match and settled for a draw in the 2nd match.

A 31-member national women's football team will fly to Nepal early Monday on a chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to play two FIFA tier-1 international football friendly matches against the hosts. The touring Bangladesh team will play against Nepal on September 8 and 12 at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu ahead of their AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 India qualifiers. Read: Women's Football: Brahmanbaria beat Mymensingh 3-1 to reach semifinal The qualifying round of the AFC Women's Asian Cup will be held in Uzbekistan from September 19-24. In Group G, Bangladesh will face Jordan on September 19 and Iran on September 22, both in the Uzbek capital Tashkent.