Bangladesh football team set to return from Nepal today

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.
















