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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has accorded a reception to the 2024 SAFF Championship winning Bangladesh women's football team.
The reception was held at the State Guest House Jamuna on Saturday morning. The team led by captain Sabina Khatun, who recently won the tournament for a second consecutive time, entered the residence at 10:30am.
According to bdnews24.com, in addition to Chief Advisor Yunus, they also met with Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, the youth and sports advisor who played a key role in Bangladesh’s recent mass uprising.
The Bangladesh team beat hosts Nepal 2-1 in a thrilling final in Kathmandu on Wednesday. They had also beaten Nepal to take the South Asian women’s football crown in 2022.
The Bangladesh team returned home on Thursday, arriving at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at noon. They were greeted by flowers at the airport.
The Bangladesh Football Federation arranged an open-top bus for the team and its stars Sabina, the tournament’s Most Valuable Player Ritu Porna Chakma, and the tournament’s Best Goalkeeper Rupna Chakma.