An emergency general meeting will be called soon to solve the current crisis in the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).
The decision was taken after BFF's acting general secretary Monir Ahmed along with some other organisers including former general secretary Harunur Rashid and Badal Roy met Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury yesterday.

Here are some pictures from yesterday's press conference, in which Abu Yusuf was introduced to the media. You can't tell that Bangladesh football has been sponsored by Nokia, can you? Enjoy...
Abu Yusuf, the newly appointed Head Coach of the Bangladesh national team speaking to journalists at the press conference.

A group of footballers yesterday urged the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to hold its election as soon as possible to save the game from plunging into an abyss.
With Kazi Salahuddin, Ashrafuddin Ahmed Chunnu and Zakaria Pintoo apparently leading the pack, they emerged as the third party showing interest for the polls with the incumbent federation officials and the footballer-organiser group guided by Harunur Rashid and Badal Roy.

Former Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) General Secretary Sheikh Akmal Hossain died yesterday morning, at the Gulshan Shikder Medical Hospital, after suffering from respiratory and kidney ailments for a long time. He was 59.
He left behind his wife, two sons, a daughter and a large number of admirers to mourn the death.

The top footballers of the country once again threatened to take the streets in demand of playing.
With the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yet to announce the transfer dates for this season, the footballers yesterday threatened to boycott all competitions until the BFF declares the calendar for 2008.

A delegation will soon meet Asian Football Confederations (AFC) President, Mohammed Bin Hammam, to find a way to bring out the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) from its current crisis.
The decision was taken after a meeting among the top officials of the Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA), acting secretary general Kutubuddin Ahmed and COO Col (retd) M Waliullah, BFF officials and other football organisers.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has taken the decision to send a tri-party delegation to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to meet its president Mohammad Bin Hammam in a bid to solve the conflict between football organisers of the country.
After an emergency meeting on Tuesday night, the BFF sent a letter to the AFC seeking an appointment from Hammam as soon as possible.

Former national footballer and coach Feroz Kabir died yesterday morning of iodine deficiency disorder at the Millennium Hospital in Dhaka.
Kabir, who represented the Bangladesh national team during the Merdeka Cup in 1973, was 56.
He left behind his wife, one son, one daughter and a host of relatives and well wishers to mourn his death.

Four organisers left Dhaka yesterday for Kuala Lumpur to meet Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohammad Bin Hammam to present the case of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), which faces opposition from different quarters in following the guideline of FIFA to form football associations (FA).

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will appeal against the fine (US dollars 4,000) imposed on it by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for fielding over aged players during last year's AFC Under-16 Championship qualifiers.
"We had sent the MRI reports of the team members to the AFC and it confirmed there was not a single overaged player then," informed BFF acting general secretary Manzoor Hossain Malu yesterday.

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BFF acting general secretary Mr Manzoor Hossain exchanging files with Nokia Emerging Asia Ltd managing director Mr Prem Chand.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) gave Abu Yusuf a four-month contract as national football coach and the freedom to select his players.
BFF president SA Sultan, while introducing the former national footballer as the new coach till June this year at a press conference yesterday, told that Yusuf will have 100% freedom while choosing the players.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) yesterday paved way for the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) election by allowing the football governing body in Bangladesh to hold the polls according to the current statutes with minor adjustments.
The AFC's official website, the-afc.com, reported yesterday that AFC president Mohamed bin Hammam gave his nod to conduct the BFF elections in the current status but only after getting relevant guarantees from the BFF, Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) and related government authorities that the required structure would be in place for the next elections.

Bangladesh football legend Kazi Salahuddin promised to bring back the golden days of football in the country if he is elected president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).
In a written statement, the former vice-president of the game's governing body expressed his desire to contest in the next poll of BFF.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday requested the Dhaka professional league clubs to reconsider their decision to not take part in this month's B. League transfers and the proposed Swadhinata Cup tournament.
In a letter to the eight clubs - Abahani, Mohammedan, Muktijoddha, Sheikh Russel, Brothers Union, Arambagh, Farashganj and Rahamatganj - that declined to take part in the players' bourse until a new BFF executive committee is elected, the BFF said that the clubs should rethink about the decision for the greater interest of the game and the players.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday announced a 28-member preliminary national football squad for the two upcoming international football tournaments.
Bangladesh will take part in the AFC Challenge Cup qualifying round matches to be held from May 5 in Kyrgyzstan and the SAFF Championship from June 3, to be held jointly in Sri Lanka and Maldives.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has struck a landmark sponsorship deal with Citycell worth Tk 16.5 crore for three years, the biggest ever trade in the country's football history.
Although it was reported that Citycell, one of the leading cellular phone operators, will give the governing body of football Tk 15 crore, BFF president Kazi Salahuddin yesterday confirmed that the deal was worth more.

The partnership between Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and Citycell that is expected to give the dying game in the country a lifeline was made official yesterday after the two parties signed an MoU for the development of football.
Citycell will provide the cash-starved BFF Tk 16.5 crore over the next three years as the federation's 'partner in progress'.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has arranged a friendly match on Eid at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
A BFF XI and a National Sports Council XI will play the match that will start at 6pm at the big bowl.
The national camp players, who are preparing for this month's Merdeka Cup in Malaysia, and the B.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), who on the 1st of January hinted that they would decide on a date for an emergency general meeting (EGM), have taken a new turn.
They decided to form District Football Associations (DFAs) ahead of scheduling their EGM meeting, which was to be called to solve the current crisis in the BFF.

Football suffered another blow at the start of 2008 as Prime Bank refused to sponsor the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) this year due its engagement in other sports.
The National Sports Council (NSC) and Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) had taken the initiative by asking different banks to come forward to help the sports federations.

The National Sports Council (NSC) and the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday completed the deal of a 10-year leasing contract for the 'Balur Math' adjacent to the BFF Bhaban.
The contract, which is renewable, will give BFF the right to install an artificial turf at the ground in Arambagh under the fundings of the second 'Goal' project of FIFA.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) acting president Monir Ahmed on Friday said he would sit with league committee chairman Abdur Rahim to resolve the problem arising out of the threat by the national footballers' various demands.
Talking to the reporters, he said they would also meet with the representatives of clubs on Sunday to discuss the booters' demands, including start of the B.

The struggling football clubs of the city would welcome the second edition of the B. League even under financial crisis if the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) announces a transfer date in its meeting this week.
The B. League committee on Sunday had a meeting with the eight Dhaka clubs about the fate of this year's professional leagues although the three teams outside the capital were absent.

The cloud over this season's football competitions seemingly began to evaporate after Prime Bank gave its green signal to the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to sponsor two major tournaments.
Although the bank a few days earlier regretted that it would be unable to provide sponsorship for football this season for commitments in other sports, it had a sudden change of heart.

A total of 16 tournaments were approved by the Executive Committee of the BFF with the revival of the popular National Football League and the good old Pioneer League.
The BFF also gave a guideline to the B. League committee to complete the transfer of the second edition of the professional league by February after discussion with the participating clubs.

Although the inaugural professional football league - the B. League - was held last year without any sponsors, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) confirmed getting financial support for the second edition even before the transfer dates have been announced.
Prime Bank has agreed to sponsor the 2nd B.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has named a 20-member squad for the Bangladesh team which will play West Bengal in next months' 2nd Indo-Bangladesh Bangla Games in Dhaka.
The Under-19 teams of both sides will vie for gold in the football competition of the five-day Games starting on February 25.

SA Sultan returned from a two-month long hibernation to show interest to continue as president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).
The controversial BFF boss, whose resignation last year was rejected by FIFA president Sepp Blatter, officially decided not to continue his duties since December 30, 2007.

The National Sports Council (NSC) is contemplating to hold the Independence Cup football tournament next month to commemorate the country's Independence Day.
With the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) annual calendar showing the Swadhinata Cup scheduled also for March, the two organisations would be set for a collision course on the same event.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) looks set for a collision course with Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra over the Swadhinata Cup football tournament.
With the National Sports Council seemingly exiting the scene after initially showing interest, both parties would be kept waiting to get the authority to organise the proposed tournament next month.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) yesterday asked the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to conduct an extra-ordinary general meeting (EGM) to approve the FIFA statutes, confirmed a source from Kuala Lumpur on the condition of anonymity.
The AFC is expected to send an official letter in this regard to the BFF soon.

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will have to hold an extra-ordinary general meeting to ratify the FIFA statutes in its constitution with the past councillors.
Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) chief operating officer Col (ret) M Waliullah told this to reporters after returning from Malaysia, where he met the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohammad Bin Hammam yesterday as a member of the four-man Bangladesh delegation.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed that the DFAs (district football associations) cannot be members of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).
Referring to a meeting between AFC president Mohammad Bin Hammam and a Bangladesh delegation on February 19, the AFC sent a letter to the BFF this week revealing the fact.

World's leading cellular phone makers Nokia yesterday officially announced their association with the Bangladesh national football team.
It agreed to the offers of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to support the national team for the two coming international tournaments, the AFC Challenge Cup and the SAFF Championship.

Three coaches of Italian giants AS Roma will run a football workshop in Dhaka, during May of this year.
The programme will be organised by Singapore-based advertising firm DENTSU and YKK Bangladesh under the auspices of YKK of Japan.
The Roma coaches - including former Roma defender Maurizio Turone who won 227 caps for the Serie A side from 1979-87 - will run the three-day workshop among 350 kids (boys and girls) between the age of 10-14 years.

Abu Yusuf will coach the national football team in the two coming international tournaments, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) confirmed yesterday.
The former national centre-back, who has the experience of guiding age-group national teams at under 17, 19 and 23 levels, will be given a contract today to serve for the AFC Challenge Cup and the SAFF Championship.

Football organisers hinted at a united panel for the coming election of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), which will be held on April 28.
BFF president SA Sultan officially announced the polls date yesterday at a press conference at the BFF Bhaban with acting general secretary Manzoor Hossain Malu beside him.

Despite the eight Dhaka clubs' denial to take part in the B. League players' transfers, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) decided to move ahead with their plan.
According to B. League tournament committee chairman Abdur Rahim, the transfer will start today for the second edition of the professional football league.

Footballers yesterday appealed to the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to take initiative to sit with the clubs in a bid to end the recent stalemate.
Irked the clubs' decision not to go into transfer for the second B. League under the incumbent executive committee, the top footballers met BFF acting general secretary Manzoor Hossain Malu last evening to make the request to the football's governing body in the country.