Central Shaheed Minar

Dhaka South City Corporation, Dhaka district, Dhaka Division

Central Shaheed Minar, Dhaka

The monument to those killed in the 1952 Language Movement: tall white columns bowed like a mother over her children, with a red sun behind. It takes only a few minutes to see, but on 21 February the whole city comes here barefoot with flowers.

How to get to Dhaka from Dhaka

By bus
From Sayedabad; AC coaches also leave from Arambagh and Fakirapul

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