Dhaka, Feb. 14 -- Two days after the general election, a group of people have hoisted the national flag and saluted Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman outside the Awami League office in Dhaka's Gulistan.

Over the last year, the building displayed a banner saying: "International Institute for Research on Fascism and Genocide".

A street vendor near the office said a group comprising around eight people arrived with a national flag and paid tribute to Bangabandhu on Saturday afternoon.

They later tied the flag to an electric pole and left.

The national flag, however, was not there a while later.

"They looked like working-class people. Probably some were rickshaw pullers, some street vendors or hawkers," said Salimullah Bepari, a clothing...