BFF after Fatullah

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Salahuddin loves to wage battle after battle for 'lifting football' in the country. He has recently overlooked popular sentiment or ethos by signing a controversial yet lucrative long-term deal with Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan.
Salahuddin left Dhaka last night to attend the much-talked-about AFC Congress, where the enlightened BFF boss in all probabilities would be trying for the incumbent AFC pres-dent Mohamed Bin Hammam to retain his post despite stiff opposition from other member-nations who have branded Hammam a dictator.
The BFF boss however left the capital with a small yet significant twist that has enough elements to irk the country's cricket officials.
He demanded the Fatullah Cricket Stadium in Narayanganj for their upcoming Senior Division League, which starts from June 1.
In a letter sent to the National Sports Council (NSC) on Monday, the BFF has requested the regulatory body to allow it to use the venue for three months citing that it would not be possible to complete the league at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) alone as the alternate venue Shaheed Mohammad Mostafa Stadium (SMMS) in Kamalapur is under renovation at the moment.