Fatullah ( bn, ফতুল্লা) (also known as Fatulla) is a town and a

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Narayanganj Sadar Upazila Narayanganj Sadar ( bn, নারায়নগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Narayanganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Narayanganj Sadar is located at . It has 113635 households and total area 100.75 km2. Demograph ...

Narayanganj District Narayanganj District ( bn, নারায়ণগঞ্জ, Narayoṇgonj) is a district in central Bangladesh which is a part of the Dhaka Division. It is home to the ancient city of Sonargaon and is one of the oldest industrial districts in the ...

. It is located on the southern outskirts of

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, in central

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. It is the location of the Fatulla Osmani Stadium, an international

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Cricinfo - Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium
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and

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in 2006. In ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, it has hosted the warm up matches of England against Canada and Pakistan. Fatulla is also one of the major industrial areas of Bangladesh. The second largest

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cattle market of Bangladesh, ''Fatulla DIT gorur haat'', is situated in Fatulla. The royalties of Fatulla is the ''

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Family''; a large area of Fatulla, Chowdhury Bari is named after the ''Chowdhury family''. Before the system was abolished ''Kader Baksh Chowdhury'' was the last official

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of Fatulla. History and the surrounding areas of the Fatulla has left marks of their lost glory. The Majar of Shah Fatulla is situated here which is also under the control of Chowdhury Bari and very recently they are reconstructing their family mosque by notable persons of the Chowdhury family which is near their family graveyard. Fatulla is situated on bank of river called

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. There are many

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and

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factories in Fatulla.

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{{Reflist Narayanganj Sadar Upazila Populated places in Dhaka Division