From Wikipedia On December 16, 1972, the President of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, took the cremation of this memorial at Nabinagar near Dhaka-Aricha highway 25 kilometers away from the city. In 1978, President Ziaur Rahman took a vow to build a cremation hall and the design was called. The designs of Syed Mainul Hossain made in 57 designs received in June 1978 were accepted. In 1979, the construction of the main monument began and in 1982, shortly before the Victory Day. According to a project taken in 2002, there is a plan to set up a flame, a well-ordered mural and a library. [3] The foreign tourists visiting Bangladesh have their own memorial plant here. The architectural design of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was formulated with the architectural design of all other construction projects, including the Great Plans and Natural Plan of the project without the memorial monument. The construction work was started in July 1972 and ended in the year of 1988. Public Works Department under the Ministry of Public Administration and Public Works Ministry of the People's Republic of Bangladesh completed the entire construction work. At present, construction of the building is completed at three stages at a total cost of Taka 13.00 crore.*