Bangladesh national football team left Dhaka for Maldives on Tuesday to take part in the upcoming SAFF Championship, scheduled to start on October 1 in Male. The men in red and green will face Sri Lanka in the opening day fixture while they will take on India, hosts Maldives and Nepal respectively on October 4, 7 and 13. Bangladesh failed to qualify for the semis of the regional meet in the last four editions of the competition. – BFF PHOTO