[10] After 6 April 1979, the building remained abandoned until 1985 when Chief Martial Law Administrator HM Ershad, on the occasion of the first SAARC summit, undertook the initiative to renovate it for the first time.

[11] Right before the end of her first tenure as prime minister from 1996 to 2001, Sheikh Hasina, Mujib's daughter, leased the Ganabhaban for just one taka during a regular cabinet meeting presided by her.

Reluctant to tolerate such criticism, PM Hasina left the building with her sister, likely planning to complete rest of the formalities in her next premiership after the election.

On 13 October 2009, a law, passed by the parliament as part of an act to provide state security to Mujib's family members, assigned the Ganabhaban to Hasina.

[19] Bangladesh police stopped victims of 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire from reaching the Ganabhaban in November 2020.

However, later that day, students organized themselves to halt the looting, forming a human chain to protect the building and successfully recovering approximately 80% of the stolen items.

On the day of the two Eids, the gate used to be opened to all visitors at nine in the morning, when people from all walks of life used to wait in queue to meet her after the special prayers.