Bangladesh women’s football team’s midfielder Sanjida Akhter has urged for the countrymen to pray for the team ahead of tomorrow’s SAFF Women’s Championship final against Nepal.

The dream finally came true for Bangladesh women footballers, who earned their maiden victory over South Asian powerhouse India in the SAFF Women's Championship at the Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu yesterday.

Indian coach Suren Kumar Chettri congratulated Bangladesh for their maiden win against India in the SAFF Women's Championship on Tuesday. 

Bangladesh captain Sabina Khatun said she felt the experience she gained through playing in the national team for over 12 years helped her score a hattrick against Pakistan in a SAFF Women's Championship fixture in Kathmandu on Saturday, which helped the side book a berth in the semifinals.

Sabina Khatun scored a hattrick as Bangladesh moved to the top of Group A of SAFF Women’s Championship with a 6-0 thrashing of Pakistan in Kathmandu on Sunday.

Following an expected winning start in the SAFF Women’s Championship as Bangladesh handed an emphatic 3-0 defeat to Maldives, the women in red and green are now fully focused on their Saturday’s hurdle against Pakistan, an opponent Bangladesh never faced in the previous five editions of the regional women’s championship.

Bangladesh women’s football team might go to the SAFF Women’s Championship early next month without a preparation match as United Arab Emirates declined to come here for two friendly matches later this month.

Bangladesh were pitted against five-time defending champions India in Group A of the SAFF Women's Championship during a draw ceremony at the Bangladesh Football Federation headquarters in Motijheel on Saturday.

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Bangladesh confirmed the final berth of the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship following a 2-1 win against Nepal in their second match at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu yesterday.

Having apologized for Bangladesh's 4-0 drubbing to India in the semifinal of the SAFF Women's Championship, the Bangladesh

There were questions marks over Bangladesh's defence since the start of the SAFF Women's Championship, and the vulnerability of the defence was mostly to blame for yesterday's 4-0 defeat against India in the semifinal.

Four-time champions India punctured Bangladesh's dream of making history in the SAFF Women's Championship by handing last edition's runners-up a clinical 4-0 defeat in the second semifinal of the fifth edition at the Sahid Rangashala in Biratnagar yesterday.

Ngangom Bala Devi and Yumnam Kamala Devi are two strikers on India's women's national football team who command respect when spoken of by their Bangladeshi counterparts.

Bangladesh will need to make a small piece of history in the SAFF Women's Championship if they are to ensure back-to-back final berths when they take on four-time champions India in the semifinal at the Sahid Rangsala in Biratnagar today.

Suffering a heavy defeat against Nepal is not a first-time experience for the Bangladesh national women's team; they even tasted wider-margin defeats in recent past compared to the one they suffered during the ongoing SAFF Women's Championship on Saturday.

What little hope that Bangladesh had of emerging as Group A champions in the SAFF Women's Championship was shattered yesterday when they suffered a disappointing 3-0 defeat to hosts Nepal in their final group match at the Sahid Rangsala in Biratnagar yesterday.

Bangladesh coach Golam Rabbani Choton said that silly mistakes made by the defenders and the goalkeeper led to their 3-0 defeat against Nepal in their final Group B match of SAFF Women's Championship in Biratnagar yesterday.

Ahead of today's all important Group A decider in the SAFF Women's Championship against Nepal, the Bangladesh team underwent a recovery session at the calm and quiet Armed Police Force ground in Biratnagar, Nepal yesterday.