No football under floodlights
The matches of the ongoing Bangladesh League will now be held in daylight instead of using floodlights as the Bangladesh Football Federation received instructions from the Prime Minster's office.
The matches at the Bangabandhu National Stadium and Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium will now start at 4:30pm instead of 5:00pm due to electricity crisis, said a BFF statement yesterday.
“There is instruction from the Prime Minister's office not to hold matches under floodlights. So, the matches will start at 4:30pm from tomorrow (Saturday),” said BFF member Fazlur Rahman Babul.
The football's governing body stuck to their decision to hold the match under floodlights despite repeated appeals from media before being forced by the PM's office.
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