Moder Gorob

Moder Gorob or Our Pride is a sculpture situated in front of Bangla Academy building in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

[2] There are five different metal sculptures of Abdus Salam, Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, Abdul Jabbar, Shafiur Rahman and Abul Barkat.

Moder Gorob was completed and installed at a cost of 1.3 million taka (equivalent to US$19,000 in 2007).

Telecom company GrameenPhone donated 1 million taka, the remainder came from Bangla Academy funds.

The sculpture was unveiled on 1 February 2007 by Fakhruddin Ahmed, Chief Adviser of the caretaker government, as part of the opening of the annual Ekushey Book Fair.

Close up view of Moder Gorob