Located 10 kilometres from Mirpur city centre, the ground holds approximately 25,000 people and is named after the Bengali statesman A. K. Fazlul Huq, who was accorded the title Sher-e-Bangla ("Tiger of Bengal").

[2][3][4] For the 2019–20 Bangabandhu BPL Final, 27,725 people gathered at this venue, the highest crowd attendance and beyond its official capacity.

[citation needed] On 3 March 2023, during the 2nd ODI between Bangladesh and England, the venue hosted its 200th men's international match, which was also the 100th ODI match played by Bangladesh men's cricket team at this venue.

To restore it to a shape suitable for cricket, a lot of renovation had to be done, and the athletics tracks had to be dug up.

A giant screen and an electronic scoreboard had been installed, the traditional sight-screens have been replaced with electronic ones, the floodlights have been improved, a hover cover has been bought from the UK for about $16,000, plastic seats have been installed for the whole ground, a new media center has been built which accommodates about 200 journalists and the dressing rooms have also been given a makeover.