Construction of 186 Sheikh Russel mini stadiums underway: Papon

Youth and Sports Minister Nazmul Hassan Papon today said the construction of 186 Sheikh Russel mini stadiums in every upazila across the country is going on under the second phase project of the government.

He said this while responding to a star-marked question raised by treasury bench lawmaker of Bogura-7 Md Mostafa Alam during the question-answer session in the parliament.

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury chaired the session.

As part of the planned construction, the minister said the construction works of mini stadium in 125 upazilas have already been completed under "Upazila Level Mini Stadium Construction Project" under the first phase project in June, 2019.

Papon said the government will construct Sheikh Russel Mini Stadium in Gabtali and Shajahanpur upazilas of Bogura under the third and fourth phase of the project.