Left-back Rahmat Mia of Bangladesh National Football team tested positive for Covid-19 while winger Rakib Hossain returned a negative in his second Covid test, according to the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Thursday.
The national team left for Nepal at 2:15pm to take part in a tri-nation football tournament. The tri-nation tournament involving hosts Nepal, Bangladesh and Kyrgyzstan U-23 team is set to start on March 23 and will continue till March 29.
Rakib, who had tested positive in his first round of COVID test, will be traveling to Nepal with the rest of the team after having returned a negative test in his second test.
Meanwhile, Rahmat will undergo a second test on March 20 and will be flying to Nepal on March 22 with skipper Jamal Bhuiyan, subject to his negative report.
