Canada-based midfielder Shamit Shome has been cleared by FIFA to play for Bangladesh, Bangladesh Football Federation vice president Fahad Karim confirmed to The Daily Star today. 

The recent physical assault on match commissioner Sujit Banerjee by Saad Uddin during a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match between Bashundhara Kings and Abahani has put focus on Bangladesh Football Federation's (BFF) reluctance to enforce disciplinary measures in top-tier football.

Hamza Choudhury’s arrival sparked enthusiasm and interest in football in Bangladesh like never seen before.

“BFF runs with financial help from FIFA. One of FIFA’s guidelines states that if a country’s professional league lasts for six months, the federation will receive USD 50,000. Instead of protecting the clubs, the BFF is chasing that allocation,” said Brothers Union manager Amer Khan.

The 18 senior women footballers of the Bangladesh national team, who have been boycotting head coach Peter Butler's training camp since January 29, will return to training following the UAE tour, informed Bangladesh Football Federation's women's wing chairman Mahfuza Akter Kiron.

The 18 senior players of Bangladesh national women’s team, who have been boycotting training since head coach Peter Butler returned to the country, seem to have shot themselves on the foot after refusing to sign contracts offered by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Monday.

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Tabith Awal will make a call on the report prepared by a seven-member special committee regarding the ongoing impasse over women’s football team’s camp, even though it is uncertain whether the president will declare the findings of the report today or will take more time to more on the delicate issue before making it public.

A seven-member special committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday began the process of interviewing the 18 rebel footballers who are boycotting the training camp under national women’s team coach Peter Butler, demanding his resignation.

The BFF also plans to develop a network among the country’s top football academies, such as the BFF Elite Academy, BKSP, Shams Ul Huda Academy, and others, so that the players of those academies can groom themselves properly while helping each other.

Members of the Bangladesh team that won the 2024 SAFF Women’s Championship in Nepal last week arrived at the State Guest House Jamuna today for a reception ceremony accorded by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.

This victory comes at a critical time as Bangladesh undergoes a political and systemic reform.

Zahedee is also the founding president of Shamsul Huda Football Academy in Jashore

After disbursing the nomination papers, the aspiring candidates will get two days to submit them, on October 14 and 15.

The BFF meeting also approved renovation works and the setting up of a media centre at the BFF House under the AFC Stadium project

Feni, Sherpur, Gopalganj, and Lalmonirhat are the four football associations that lost their voters as well as their voting rights for the upcoming BFF elections on October 26.

The current committee's deadline expires after October 3.

In the world of sports, Bangladeshi women’s and men’s teams for cricket and football have had an eventful year.

“If any corporate house, individual or banks are interested to sponsor the three qualifiers matches abroad, we are open to listen to them,” said Kazi Salahuddin

The upcoming season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is all set to mark a new chapter as the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) puts up its budding players from BFF Elite Academy for an auction for BPL outfits ahead of the upcoming season.

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Salahuddin termed the current national squad as the best to have emerged since the 1973 team.