Raju Memorial Sculpture (Shontrash Birodhi Raju Sharokh Bhaskarjya), Dhaka University

Photograph captured by Asif Rahat

Raju Memorial Sculpture (Shontrash Birodhi Raju Sharokh Bhaskarjya) is a sculpture located in University of Dhaka campus. It was created by Shaymol Chowdhury and considered as one of the best sculptures in Bangladesh. It is dedicated to the memory of a student of Dhaka University named Moin Hossain Raju an activist of Bangladesh Student’s Union who was killed while protesting against violence. It was built in the late 1995s.

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