But the girls from Ranisangkail of Thakurgaon, one of the remotest places in the country, have conquered all the odds. It was initially unthinkable for them to even take to the field with a football as the scene of girls playing with half pants was considered most awkward in the locality. Players of the Thakurgaon Women's Football Academy Dhaka TribunePrincipal Tajul Islam, a sports lover, led from the front to orchestrate this transformation. He established Rangatungi Women’s Football Academy with his personal initiatives at a distant area, 40kms away from the district city, for the girls of the low-income families. “When it started many villagers were furious about girls playing with half pants.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 24, 2019 15:00 UTC