S M Masud Rana

The Interim Government has taken the initiative to convert Ganabhaban into a museum. In this context, three advisers of the government made a preliminary visit to the Ganabhaban on Saturday.

Nahid Islam, Adviser on Postal Telecommunication Information Technology and Information and Transport to the Interim Government, Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, Adviser to Ministry of Youth Sports, Labor and Employment, Adviser to Ministry of Industries and Housing and Public Works Adilur Rahman Khan visited Ganabhaban. After visiting for about an hour, the three advisers spoke to reporters at the Ganabhaban gate. At this time, they informed about the plans of the interim government around Ganabhaban.

Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud said, ‘Last Thursday we had a cabinet meeting. It has been decided to convert Ganabhaban into a museum. The memory of 2024 mass uprising and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s regime will be preserved. The museum will be open to the public. We will start the process by forming a committee with architects, architects and experts to convert the public building into a museum.’

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam said, “The decision has already been taken to convert Ganabhaban into a memorial museum of the July coup. This museum will be built to preserve the victory of the people. I want to make this museum a landmark not only in Bangladesh, but in the whole world. We have taken this decision to highlight the fate of dictators, fascists, murderous statesmen as a sign to the whole world.”

Nahid Islam said that discussions have already been held with the officials of the Public Works and Architecture Department, “We have taken preliminary advice from them and informed them about our situation. It has also been ordered to form a committee. In order to inaugurate it quickly, instructions have also been given to complete the work quickly.” He added.

The information advisor said, ‘those who are associated with museum experts, architecture will be in the committee. Along with this, museum experts from abroad or those who have experience in making memorial museums of such coups have also been asked to consult.’

Adviser Nahid Islam also said, “First of all, there will be the memory and diary of the 36-day coup. Martyrs will be remembered. There will be a list. There will be a list of those who have been persecuted, those who have disappeared, those who have been extrajudicially killed in the last 16 years. We have decided to make the museum in the state of ruins that Ganabhaban is in as much as possible. There will be some digital representation.”

When asked where someone will stay if someone is elected as Prime Minister in the future, Adviser Nahid said, “That will be thought about later. For the time being, the Chief Advisor to the Government will remain where he is (State Guest House Jamuna).”