Bangabandhu Memorial Trust is a trust in Bangladesh that was created to remember Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the chair of the trust.

History

On 11 April 1994, Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, established the Bangabandhu Memorial Trust. On 6 September 1994, Sheikh Hasina handed over the deed of

Bangabandhu Bhaban Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, also known as Bangabandhu Bhaban or Dhanmondi 32, located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh, was the personal residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was also called Bangabandhu, the founder and president of Banglades ...

, the personal residence to Bangabandhu Memorial Trust. The trust turned Bangabandhu Bhaban in to a museum,

Bangabandhu Memorial Museum Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, also known as Bangabandhu Bhaban or Dhanmondi 32, located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh, was the personal residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was also called Bangabandhu, the founder and president of Banglades ...

. The first head of the museum was A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed. After A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed died, Hashem Khan took over as the head of the museum. The trust established the

Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialized Hospital Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

, named after Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On 17 May 2017, a consortium of banks donated 1360 million Bangladeshi taka ($16.7M as of 2017) to the trust along with

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and

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. On 6 January 2020, Standard Bank donated 100 million taka to the trust on the occasion of Mujib Year. Five other banks also donated large amounts to the trust on occasion of Mujib Year. The Ministry of Education ordered the nationalization of 15 colleges named after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members after the trust and trust chairperson, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the nationalization.

References

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 1994 establishments in Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka Foundations based in Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-org-stub