The 2025 Bulldozer March started on 5 February 2025 with the goal to vandalize and fully demolish the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32, Dhaka,[1][2] along with any other structures owned by Awami League, and its members in Bangladesh.
[3][4] It started as a response to a live stream initiated by the former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, in exile from India.
The motive behind the destruction was a press conference which was attended by former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, while exiled in India.
[1][3] One of the many coordinators of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement, Hasnat Abdullah, said in a Facebook post:[7] Bangladesh will be free from the Shrine of Fascism tonight.Some type of construction vehicles, most notably Bulldozers were used during the destruction process.
[6] The residence of Meher Afroz Shaon was vandalized by protestors and she was detained by the Detective Branch on suspicion of seditious conspiracy on 6 February 2025.