Mausoleum of Ziaur Rahman

The Mausoleum Complex of Ziaur Rahman (Bengali: জিয়াউর রহমানের সমাধিসৌধ) is a significant architectural engineering monument located in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar of Dhaka city in Bangladesh.

[2] The monument hosts the grave of Ziaur Rahman, the 7th president of Bangladesh, who is famous for reading proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence through Kalurghat radio centre on 27 March 1971.

President Zia is believed to have died at 0430 local time when rebels stormed the Chittagong Circuit House.

Around the tomb there are four wall with engraved Arabic writings, which upholds the roof (of glass and steel) of the mausoleum.

In 2018, the housing minister Mosharraf Hossain stated that the government will transfer the complex from the present place to fulfil the original plan of the parliament area by Louis Kahn.

[9] In 2021, Mozammel Haque MP, the Minister of Liberation War Affairs claimed the mausoleum doesn't contain the body of Ziaur Rahman and requested DNA tests be conducted to confirm this.

He also announced the government's intention to remove all illegal structures from the vicinity of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban and implementing the original plan of Louis Kahn.

Grave of Ziaur Rahman
Crescent Bridge
Main Approach Bridge
Chattar
Crescent Lake
Crescent Lake
Fountain of lake