Shaheed Abrar Fahad Stadium, also known as Kushtia Stadium, (formerly named Sheikh Kamal Stadium), is a district-level

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located in

Kushtia Kushtia () is a city located on the banks of the Gorai River in Bangladesh. It serves as the headquarters of Kushtia District and is considered the cultural capital of Bangladesh. The city is known for its Tiler Khaja (sesame sweets), kulf ...

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. Established in 1979, it is the largest stadium in the

Khulna Division Khulna Division () is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population of 17,416,645 at the 2022 Bangladesh census (preliminary returns). Its headquarters and largest city is Khulna city in Khulna Dist ...

. The stadium was renamed in 2025, after

Abrar Fahad Abrar Fahad (12 February 1998 – 7 October 2019) was a Bangladeshi university student who died following a severe torture by members of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the Awami League party. The assault was allegedly motivated by ...

a student of BUET following the

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. Fahad was extra-judicially killed by the members of

Chhatra League Bangladesh Chhatra League, simply Chhatra League (), is the student wing of the political party, Bangladesh Awami League, founded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 4 January 1948. The organisation is banned and listed as a terrorist organisation in B ...

during the rule of

Bangladesh Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

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