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Fatulla ফতুল্লা | |
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  Fatulla | |
| Coordinates:23°38′46″N90°29′8″E / 23.64611°N 90.48556°E /23.64611; 90.48556 | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| District | Narayanganj District |
| Time zone | BST |
Fatullah (Bengali:ফতুল্লা) (also known asFatulla) is a town and aUnion inNarayanganj Sadar Upazila inNarayanganj District. It is located on the southern outskirts ofDhaka, in centralBangladesh.
It is the location of theFatulla Osmani Stadium, an internationalcricketstadium[1] that has hosted its firstOne Day International andTest match 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 largestEid-ul-Azha cattle market of Bangladesh,Fatulla DIT gorur haat, is situated in Fatulla. The royalties of Fatulla is theChowdhury Family; a large area of Fatulla, Chowdhury Bari is named after theChowdhury family. Before the system was abolishedKader Baksh Chowdhury was the last officialZamindar 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 calledBuriganga. There are manyGarments andTextile factories in Fatulla.