The Bangladesh national football team is expected to return home from Nepal at 3:00 pm today after being stranded in the Himalayan nation due to political unrest that disrupted flight operations and delayed their scheduled departure.
"The Bangladesh national football team is expected to return to Bangladesh from Nepal today, September 11, 2025, at around 3:00 pm via a Bangladesh Air Force aircraft. The Bangladesh Air Force plane, which left for Nepal, departed Dhaka at 11:53 am today," read a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The football team is currently safe and sound at the Kathmandu Airport, ready to head back home.
The Bangladesh team were originally scheduled to return to the country on Wednesday, but the second and final FIFA friendly match against Nepal was called off following Monday's violence, which claimed at least 19 lives and saw the country's Prime Minister resign. The Bangladesh Football Federation managed to bring the scheduled flight from Wednesday to Tuesday in light of the worsening situation.
However, due to escalating protests and political instability, the airport authority cancelled all flights, forcing the players and officials to remain at a hotel in Kathmandu.
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