Dhaka, Jul 19: The curtain raising ceremony of FIFA MA Elite Refereeing Course 2010 has been held in BFF house today.

A total of thirty-five local referees and referee’s assessors are participating in this six day program from 19 to 25. FIFA refereeing development officer Mohammad Muhiseen Ariff, FIFA refereeing instructor Masoud Enayet and FIFA fitness instructor Binod Kumar Singh will be mentoring the course.

BFF general secretary Al Musabbir Sadi said “I hope our learned instructors would share their knowledge and experience with the locals during this course to enhance their skill and make our referees and assessors better,” in the welcome address.

“This type of courses are significant for the referees to develop their quality. So we try to organize this type of courses often,” said BFF Referee’s Committee’s chairman Boshir Ahmed. As relevant information, BFF has organized FIFA MA Elite Referees Course twice in last two years.

Mohammad Muhiseen Ariff put emphasize on training and he described the role of this course in improvement of refereeing expertise.

BFF vice president Shawkat Ali Khan Jahangir wished the success of the event while he was declaring the opening of the event.

BFF executive committee member Sheikh Mohammed Aslam was also present.