<div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced that it will give a cash reward of Tk50 lakh for the Bangladesh Women’s football team who won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship for the first time.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nazmul Hassan Papon (BCB President) has lauded the success of the women footballers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The women’s football team has made the whole nation proud with its exceptional performance and historic achievement,” Papon was quoted in a BCB press release.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“As a mark of our appreciation and support for their effort, I am declaring 50 lac taka for the entire team on behalf of the BCB. I have no doubts that the SAFF triumph will greatly inspire sportsmen and women around the country and sports teams to strive for international glory in respective disciplines,” the press release further reads.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bangladesh women beat the hosts Nepal in the final by 3-1. Before that, Bangladesh beat the hot favourite India in the semifinals.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was the first time for Bangladesh women to win the SAAF. In 2003, Bangladesh men won the event in Dhaka beating Maldives. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div></div>