Bangladesh, Aug. 26 -- More than four decades after serving as the Awami League's headquarters, is the building now truly being turned into a research institute?

Following a shift in political power, the building was initially overtaken by a group of vagrants.

That control has since passed to another faction, identifying themselves as students.

In July this year, they announced the launch of a new research organisation inside the same premises.

At the main entrance, a large red banner now hangs -- a sight that may evoke memories of Syed Waliullah's character Majid in Lalsalu.

But unlike the mystic in that novel, there is no spiritual leader named here. Instead, printed across the fabric is the title: "International Institute for the ...