Women footballers to receive due salaries soon: Govt

Bangladesh women's team footballers will receive their due salaries as soon as possible, said Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to the chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government, on Thurs-day, reports UNB.

The women's team beat Nepal in the SAFF Championship final to claim the title on Wednesday. They arrived in Dhaka on Thursday and were given a grand reception on an open-top bus.

"The cabinet members congratulated the team," Shafiqul said at a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy in the city.

"We learnt that the footballers have not received their salaries for the last few months. It's an issue from (Kazi) Salahuddin's era. We will solve it soon. You will see an announcement," he added. Kazi Salahuddin was the former president of the Bangladesh Football Fede-ration.

Deputy Press Secretaries Apurba Jahangir and Abul Kalam Azad Majumder were also present at the briefing.