Taslima Nasreen demands museum at site of Bangladesh founder's razed residence

Expressing anguish over the arson attack on Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s residence in Dhaka, exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin on Thursday called for a museum to be built on the ruins, emphasising that memories of freedom fighters must never be erased.

Taking to X, Taslima said, "A grand, new Dhanmondi 32 should be built again at the location of Dhanmondi 32. The memory of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman should be preserved. A museum should be built, even if it requires a replica", adding that the history of Bangladesh's liberation from Pakistan in 1971 should be accurately taught in schools and colleges.

Sharing pictures of the carnage that took place in Dhaka's Dhanmondi area on X, Nasrin asked if the Bangladeshi government was not content with just removing Sheikh Hasina but also erasing the nation's history.

Taslima Nasreen on Mujib house arson: Those who opposed 1971 freedom now in power

Taking an apparent dig at Muhammad Yunus's government, saying that those who never wanted freedom from Pakistan in 1971 are now in power.

Nasreen took to X and said, "The ones attacking Sheikh Mujib’s museum are those who never wanted an independent Bangladesh, who rejected secularism, who wanted an Islamic state in 1971, who wished to align with a militant state like Pakistan. They and their descendants are the ones setting everything on fire today—those who are hardline Muslims, who despise non-believers, who are misogynistic," adding, "And they are the ones in power now. They are the Yunus government."