Shaheed Minar, Memorial at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

The Shaheed Minar stands in the open yard of Dhaka Medical College Hostel, near Dhaka University's Mathematics Department. Its central element is a tall white structure of two thick uprights joined by a horizontal beam, enclosing a dark panel crossed by thin metal rods and a curved circular frame behind. Two shorter white uprights flank it on each side, each framing a tall rectangular opening. A red-brown brick stairway leads up to the raised white platform.

The first version of the structure was built immediately after the 1952 protests but was torn down by authorities. A permanent structure based on designs by Hamidur Rahman was erected in the late 1950s and has been damaged and rebuilt several times over the following decades due to political unrest.

Every 21 February, Shaheed Dibas draws crowds who place flowers at the monument; since 2000 the date is also International Mother Language Day. The Bengali inscription on the white band reads "স্মৃতি চিরদিন রহিতে পারে না" (memory cannot last forever). The monument is maintained by Dhaka University, while the Ministry of Culture funds the 21 February ceremony.

Access is through the main university gate and the site itself is open at all times, allowing visitors to walk freely around the columns. The area is usually quiet during weekdays and becomes busier on weekends or during the February commemorations, when larger crowds should be expected.

The first monument was built overnight on 23 February 1952 by Dhaka Medical College students using bricks and cement from Pearu Sardar's Old Dhaka warehouse; police demolished it on 26 February. The present design by Hamidur Rahman and Novera Ahmed was approved by a committee chaired by Vice-Chancellor Mahmud Husain and included Zainul Abedin. The original plan had a 1,500-square-foot fresco, a fountain shaped like an eye, and stained-glass panels.