Bagerhat Stadium, Sports stadium in Bagerhat, Bangladesh
Bagerhat Stadium is a sports facility in Bagerhat featuring a large grass field used for both football and cricket matches. The facility is designed to accommodate several hundred spectators and built for regional competitions.
The stadium was built in 1961 by subdivisional administrator Mokammel Haque, who filled in a canal between Basabati field and Bagerhat school field. On 17 January 2017 the National Sports Council renamed it after Sheikh Helal Uddin, and in 2025 the original name Bagerhat District Stadium was restored.
Every year on Independence Day and Victory Day the ground hosts parades, children's rallies, physical displays and receptions for freedom fighters and their families. The Bengali New Year Mangal Shobhajatra procession and the Olympic Day Run of the Bangladesh Olympic Association start from here, and the district sports association runs cricket leagues on the field.
The stadium lies east of the old Rupsa–Bagerhat road and south of the municipal lake in Bagerhat town. It has a two-storey pavilion with dressing rooms and a press box, galleries on three sides, and a boundary wall. A hall inside hosts sports press conferences and award ceremonies.
On 1 November 2018, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared the Sundarbans free of pirates at a ceremony held in this stadium; the date is now observed as Sundarbans Pirate-Free Day. A year later, the stadium hosted the unveiling of the cast, logo and poster of the film Operation Sundarban.
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