Buildings remain stubborn reminders of cataclysmic events even if memories fade but can history be changed just by destroying ...
Dhanmondi 32, the famous house-turned-museum in Dhaka, had a special place in Bangladesh’s politics. It served as founding father Mujibur Rahman’s house and was the centre of all his political ...
The demolition followed a protest titled “Bulldozer March”, which was organised on Wednesday through messages posted on social media platforms such as Facebook ...
They can demolish a building, but not the history,’ said Rahman’s daughter and deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Radical student groups and militant factions in Bangladesh are threatening further attacks on monuments dedicated to the ...
A large group of protesters on Wednesday vandalised and set on fire Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's residence ... country along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana for India on ...
While agitated students and youths continued demolishing the Dhanmondi-32 residence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, ...
A large group of protesters set fire to the residence-turned-museum of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi ... and she fled to India with her sister, Sheikh Rehana, on a Bangladesh ...
Many protestors reportedly climbed to the second floor, using hammers, crowbars, and wooden planks to destroy portraits of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and ... Tribune has two sister publications ...
The house was burnt in August but now they are breaking this house,” said Ms. Hasina in an emotional speech recollecting the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975.
Only a three-storey skeleton remains to haunt road 32 in Dhanmondi. Once Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s residence, the house had become a symbol of tyranny for many. Today it stands in ruins as ...