Sheikh Mujibur Rahman statue destruction

On 5 August 2024, after the resignation of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following the Student–People's uprising, a large golden statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, country's first president and Hasina's father, at the Mrityunjayee Prangan in Bijoy Sarani, Dhaka was destroyed and toppled down by the protesters.

[1] The event received global media coverage and live broadcast, wherein it came to symbolise the end of Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule and Sheikh Mujib's cult of personality in Bangladesh.

[4][5] There was a central sculpture of former president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in this premises.

His contribution to the Bengali language movement to the Bangladesh Liberation War struggle and various incidents of the language movement and freedom struggle are highlighted in the murals of the sculpture.

[6][7] On the day of Sheikh Hasina's resignation, protesters climed up and vandalised the golden statue of Sheikh Mujib at the Mrityunjayee Prangan.

Face of Sheikh Mujib been crossed out with Bhuā ( lit. ' Fraud ' ) written in Bengali .