Gianni Infantino AFPGianni Infantino, scheduled to set foot in the capital from Mongolia at 1:50am, will stay in Dhaka for merely 15 hours, which would mark the first visit by a Fifa boss in seven yearsThe inner and outer walls of BFF House have been painted with new colors, the grasses of the premises cut to form a new shape and the temporary stalls outside the boundary have been sided off to welcome Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who is due to arrive in Bangladesh Wednesday night. Infantino, scheduled to set foot in the capital from Mongolia at 1:50am, will stay in Dhaka for merely 15 hours, which would mark the first visit by a Fifa boss in seven years. Previously, former Fifa supremo Sepp Blatter graced the country in March, 2012. World football governing body @FIFAcom's president Gianni Infantino will set foot in Dhaka Wednesday evening before departing a day later, confirmed BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag to the media Friday.https://t.co/uzKhcQ45mG#FOOTBALL #BFF #BANGLADESH #INFANTINO #GIANNI — Dhaka Tribune Sports (@Sport_DT) October 12, 2019He will then attend a press conference at Hotel Sonargaon in the afternoon before leaving for Laos at 5pm. This will be the fourth occasion of a Fifa boss visiting Bangladesh after Joao Havelange (1980-81) and Blatter (2006 and 2012).

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 15, 2019 15:33 UTC