Women get long-term sponsor

Dhaka Bank Ltd, one of Bangladesh's leading private banks, now sponsors the entire selection of the women's football team. They recently signed a six-year deal with the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), which is the first long-term deal made  to promote the girls in red and green.

The  financial institution stepped forward to sponsor each of the women's team age groups following their brilliant performances at the international level. Walton did however sponsor the teams on a tournament to tournament basis  since 2016. The Dhaka Bank contract will come into effect with the U-19 women's team tour of Tajikistan, where they will participate in the AFC U-19 Women's Championship Qualifiers from October 24.

The announcement was made at the BFF House yesterday during the Bangladesh U-19 women's team briefing about their preparations for the qualifiers.

“I want to thank this group of girls, who are going to represent the Bangladesh flag abroad. We hope they will perform better than they did recently in the SAFF U-18 Women's Championship. This group of girls are bringing more laurels to the nation than the boys and we have involved ourselves with women's football because of our patriotism and national duty,” said Dhaka Bank managing director and chief executive officer Syed Mahabubur Rahman during the press conference.

BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag informed that they will hold a press conference to inform the media about the contract details soon after the return of Dhaka Bank Ltd's chairman from abroad.