It was not in the plan originally but two BFF officials had a session with Muktijoddha players on request of the club yesterday.

Professional League manager Abu Nayeem Shohag and Communications manager Sayeed Al Fatah answered to players' queries about their contracts, duties and responsibilities, code of conduct and other related subjects ahead of the B. League which is due to start on February 15.

"We had a two-hour session and it looked helpful for the players because they were not aware of many things. Although they had been given the copies of code of conducts and contracts before signing, face-to-face contact seemed to be more useful," opined Shohag.

"After this successful effort, we are looking forward to visit the other clubs if they want such sessions. We have already got positive response from the clubs outside the capital and soon chalk out a plan to meet them as well as the Dhaka teams."

Shohag informed that the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will conduct a daylong seminar on event management on February 7.

Meanwhile, the BFF has also asked the venues to complete the necessary renovation works by February 5.

"We have recommended areas of work on the reports submitted by our committee. We will have another visit on February 6 or 7 to see the progress," the Pro League manager added.

Out of four venues, only the Bangabandhu National Stadium seems to be in playable condition and Khulna at its worst.

The Khulna Stadium, home of local Abahani, has the entire southern section of its gallery abandoned for a long time. It also needs emergency up gradation of the dressing room, toilets and especially, the very small media box.

Galleries at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong are still under renovation while the Sylhet Stadium dressing rooms also need works.

Lack of media facilities at most stadiums is the common problem for venues outside Dhaka.

Despite all the progress, the top brass of the federation remains ignorant as the tournament committee has yet to be formed since it was dissolved at an executive committee meeting last Thursday.

Chairman and co-chairman Abdur Rahim and Sirajul Islam Bachchu were given the responsibility to form the committee without any development in five days.