Tangail Stadium also called Tangail Zila Stadium () is located at Club Road, north side of Bhashani Hall and Tangail Eid-gah, 200 metres away and west side of Shaheed Sriti Poura Uddan in the district of
Tangail
Tangail (, ) is a city of Tangail District in central Bangladesh. A significant city in Bangladesh, Tangail lies on the bank of the Louhajang River, northwest of Dhaka, the nation's capital.
Etymology
''Tangail'' originates from the Beng ...
,
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
. It is a multipurpose stadium.
Football
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,
Cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
,
concert
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s and cultural programs take place here. Until 2013 the stadium was the home ground of
Team BJMC
Team Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (Team BJMC) was a football club in Bangladesh that was mainly located in the city of Dhaka.
History
The club was formerly known as East Pakistan IDC prior to 1971 and Bangladesh JIC from 1971 until 1975 ...
which played in
Bangladesh Premier League Football. It is the 3rd biggest stadium in the Dhaka division.
Football
Different local teams play among each other and it's a venue of inter district football matches. National football also played here from 2014.
Cricket
The stadium is used mostly for cricket, the most popular sport in Bangladesh. The stadium has become a venue of inter district cricket events as well as local events.
See also
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Stadiums in Bangladesh
Various types of sports are played in different districts of Bangladesh. The following locations (Absolute location) are sporting grounds (specially association football, football and cricket) of different districts in Bangladesh. A minimum capaci ...
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List of football stadiums in Bangladesh
The following is a list of Association football, football stadiums in Bangladesh, Stadiums with a capacity of 5,000 or more are included.
Current stadiums
See also
*List of Asian stadiums by capacity
*List of association football stadiums by ca ...
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List of cricket grounds in Bangladesh
This is a list of cricket grounds in Bangladesh. The stadiums included in this list have held first-class, List-A and Twenty20 matches. Additionally, some have hosted Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.
Intern ...
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Tangail Bus Stand, Mohakhali
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Tangail Railway Station
References
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Sport in Bangladesh
Sports venues in Bangladesh
Cricket grounds in Bangladesh
Culture of Bangladesh
Football venues in Bangladesh
Tangail District
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