Bangladesh footballers spend a light moment at the BFF House prior to their departure to Nepal yesterday for the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers.Photo: STAR

The Bangladesh national football team reached Nepal capital Kathmandu yesterday, five days before their campaign in the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers begins, in a bid to acclimatise to the conditions in the mountainous nation.
The qualifiers will be held in March 2-6 and the top team from the four-team group will qualify for the 2014 final round.
The players checked in at the Grand Hotel in Kathmandu and later had a 30-minute stretching session. The booters will have their first practice session at the Regional Training Centre pitch this morning, according to a message from the BFF.
Northern Mariana Island team, one of the four teams, have also reached Kathmandu on Sunday and the team's technical director Yohan said that they were eager give a good fight against all the other teams – Nepal, Palestine and Bangladesh.