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.

Mahfuza Akhter Kiron, chairman of Bangladesh Football Federation’s (BFF) women’s wing, voiced strong support for head coach Peter Butler despite recent tensions between him and senior players surfacing over team selection during the winning campaign in Nepal.

Defying inclement weather, members of Bangladeshi Football Ultras (BFU), a fan group of Bangladesh football, gathered at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) headquarter in Arambagh today, demanding the immediate resignation of BFF president Kazi Salahuddin and women’s committee chairperson Mahfuza Akter Kiron.

Bangladesh Football federation president Kazi Salahuddin has instructed his office to organise the UCB Women’s Football League matches in the evening following heavy criticism over the league’s scheduling.

Mahfuza Akhter Kiron, chairperson of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) women’s wing, said that she would look into the participation of eight women’s team players in a local football tournament in Satkhira.

Bangladesh Football Federation’s technical director Paul Smalley will not be part the women’s football team’s FIFA friendlies against Nepal in Dhaka, an aberration for the British national who has been a regular fixture of the women’s team since his appointment in 2016.

Bangladesh Football Federation’s women’s wing chairman Mahfuza Akter Kiron has said that BFF has arranged funds to accommodate the women’s football team at Hotel InterContinental, the same hotel that visiting Nepal team are staying, despite its financial insolvency.

Mahfuza Akter Kiran, chairman of Bangladesh Football Federation's women's committee, is still hopeful that coach Golam Rabbani Choton would change his mind and return to his role as head coach of the women's teams.

Bangladesh Football Federation on Saturday reimbursed money to the SAFF Women’s Champion team members, some of whom had lost dollars and valuables following their arrival from Kathmandu on Thursday.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to Bangladesh Football Federation's women's wing chairperson and FIFA Council member Mahfuza Akter Kiron in a defamation case lodged against her recently.

Bangladesh Football Federation's women wing chairman and FIFA council member Mahfuza Akter Kiron has been arrested in a defamation case lodged under 'CrPC 500' by a sports organiser.