Protesters have set fire to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32. The building was torched around 3pm Monday afternoon, as protesters chanted various slogans.
The political office of the Awami League president in Dhanmondi was also set on fire around the same time. Meanwhile, the sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the capital's Bijoy Sarani has been demolished.
Thousands of people had entered the Ganabhaban, and looted everything that was not nailed down to the floor.
