Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohamed Bin Hammam will lay the foundation stone of the artificial turf at the Arambagh 'Balur math' adjacent to the BFF Bhaban this afternoon.
The synthetic turf will be built under FIFA's second 'Goal' project to provide practice facilities to the national team and clubs during rainy season.
Hammam, who was due to land in Dhaka in the early hours today, will also call on National Sports Council (NSC) chairman and Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed at his office earlier.
The AFC chief will leave Dhaka in the evening while his deputy, AFC general secretary Paul Mony, will lay the foundation stone of the football academy in Barisal this morning.
The academy will be built under FIFA's tsunami fund.
It can be mentioned that the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) failed to find lands for an academy under the 'Goal' project and two buildings at coastal areas and was on the verge of returning the funds when Moeen U Ahmed stepped in and arranged handover of NSC properties to BFF and rescue the hopeless federation officials.