Bangabandhu Memorial Trust is a trust in Bangladesh that was created to rememberSheikh Mujibur Rahman, the foundingpresident of Bangladesh. His daughter and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the chair of the trust.[1][2]
On 11 April 1994,Sheikh Hasina established the Bangabandhu Memorial Trust. On 6 September 1994, Hasina handed over the deed ofBangabandhu Bhaban, the personal residence to Bangabandhu Memorial Trust. The trust turned Bangabandhu Bhaban in to a museum,Bangabandhu Memorial Museum. The first head of the museum wasA. F. Salahuddin Ahmed. After Ahmed died,Hashem Khan took over as the head of the museum. The trust established theSheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialized Hospital, named after Mujibur Rahman's wifeFazilatunnesa.[3]
On 17 May 2017, a consortium of banks donated 1360 million Bangladeshi taka ($16.7M as of 2017) to the trust along withPrime Minister’s Education Assistance Trust andShuchona Foundation.[4] On 6 January 2020, Standard Bank donated 100 million taka to the trust on the occasion ofMujib Year.[5] Five other banks also donated large amounts to the trust on occasion of Mujib Year.[6] TheMinistry of Education ordered the nationalization of 15 colleges named after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members after the trust and trust chairperson Hasina approved the nationalization as Prime Minister.[7]
After theSheikh Hasina-led Awami League government fell, the new regime led byMuhammad Yunus imposed income tax on the trust revoking its tax-exempt status.[8] At the same theNational Board of Revenue revoked tax-exempt status of Shurer Dhara, founded byRezwana Choudhury Bannya; Lalit Mohan Dhanbati Memorial Foundation; Wadud Bhuyan Scholarship Trust; theCentre for Research and Information, and the PresidentAbdul Hamid Foundation.[9] TheBangabandhu Memorial Museum, managed by the trust, was destroyed in February 2025 as part ofBulldozer March.[10] TheBangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit began an investigation into the trust.[11]
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