National Stadium, Dhaka, Sports stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh

National Stadium, Dhaka is an oval arena in Motijheel with continuous tiers of pale grey concrete seating divided by narrow aisles and stepped walkways. A rectangular grass pitch with white boundary and penalty-area markings and a centre circle sits inside a red running track with white lane lines, itself ringed by a wider red outer band. A red-framed glass gallery stands above the far stands, a tall grey metal light tower rises at midfield, and a blue-roofed section marks the lower left edge.

Built in 1954 as Dhaka Stadium on open ground northwest of Bangabhaban, it hosted the inaugural home Test of both Pakistan (1954–55) and Bangladesh (1976–77), India visiting each time. Renovated for the 1978 AFC Youth Championship, it staged all 40 matches and, that February, a Muhammad Ali exhibition bout. Handed to football after the 2004–05 season, it hosted the 2011 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony and was renamed National Stadium, Dhaka after 2024.

The ground was long called Bangabandhu National Stadium, after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, before being renamed National Stadium, Dhaka following the 2024 uprising that removed the Awami League government. Its galleries have carried football since the Dhaka First Division League, and in 2003 Bangladesh won its first SAFF Championship here before 46,000 spectators.

The stadium sits in Motijheel, northwest of Bangabhaban, and is reached by rickshaw or bus along the surrounding streets. Access is through the gates serving each gallery, so which stand you may enter depends on the fixture. Check the day's event before setting out, since the ground is closed when no match is scheduled.

The stadium is the only venue in the world to have hosted the inaugural home Test fixtures of two nations: Pakistan in 1954–55 and Bangladesh in 1976–77, with India as the visiting side on both occasions. In February 1978 Muhammad Ali boxed an exhibition bout here against a 12-year-old Bengali boy.