The stalemate ended when Mohammedan Sporting Club agreed to return to the League following a Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), which sat for an emergency meeting to find a way out, decision to withdraw a one-match suspension on its captain Jewel Rana.

"Jewel Rana submitted a mercy petition to BFF president SA Sultan requesting withdrawal of the ban and the president revoked it using his power," said BFF general secretary Anwarul Haq Helal yesterday.

Mohammedan threatened to boycott the League after the Dhaka Mahanagari Football League Committee (DMFLC) deducted one point from their account and declared Muktijoddha 2-0 winners after they refused to play the remaining eight minutes of the match on January 15 following a refereeing decision.

DMFLC also banned Jewel for his misbehaviour with match officials during that match.

The black and whites however said they were playing in response to a BFF call to end the stalemate and to honour the requests of its former players and well-wishers.

"The much-talked about refereeing decision was surely a wrong one and the subsequent action was also unfair," said a Mohammedan statement yesterday.

Helal also informed that they had directed DMFLC to resume the league from Monday which secretary of the League committee confirmed.

The DMFLC, in an emergency meeting on Wednesday, postponed all the matches of the League until January 24.