Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium ( bn, শহীদ ধীরেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত স্টেডিয়াম ), also known as Comilla Stadium, is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

located in Comilla, Bangladesh. It is the current home venue of Dhaka Mohammedan and

Chittagong Abahani Limited Chittagong Abahani Limited ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম আবাহনী লিমিটেড), also spelled as Chattogram Abahani or Chittagong Abahoni, is a sports club based in Chittagong, Bangladesh. A wing of Abahani Limited was ...

in Bangladesh Premier League Football. It is also occasionally used for cricket. It is the largest stadium in eastern Bangladesh. The stadium is named after

Dhirendranath Datta Dhirendranath Datta (2 November 1886 – disappeared 29 March 1971) was a Bengali lawyer by profession who was also active in the politics of undivided Bengal in pre-partition India, and later in East Pakistan (1947–1971). Early life Datta ...

. Comilla district sports association said that" in future, there will be floodlight and electric board in the stadium. The work of the contraction on the second floor of the stadium will begin soon " The pitch and the outfield of the stadium is very well. There is a capacity of 18,000 people in this stadium (officially)But the highest audience attendance of the stadium was over 30,000 in a local T-20 cup tournament.

Renovation

In 2016, the

Government of Bangladesh The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Con ...

appropriated to renovate the stadium.

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Renovation

See also

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