Her allusion also was a sporting jibe at the lacklustre performance by the Bangladesh national men's football team in Malaysia during a friendly two days ago where they lost 5-0 to the Maldives, the same team that they had blanked 8-0 three decades ago. Hasina showed her humorous side up by going on to mock the men's team. She said the success of the women's football team has made her “very happy". "I remember when in 1996 we fielded out women's football team, we had to face a lot of resistance, from many districts. Especially in Rajshahi when the women's team went out to play, we faced a lot of opposition," she reminisced.

Source: bd News24 September 04, 2016 18:00 UTC