Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- The demolition of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's house at Dhanmondi Road No. 32 has been put on hold after over half of it was razed to the ground and people went in to grab books, furniture, iron, broken grills, wood and anything else they could find.

In response to an online speech by deposed premier Sheikh Hasina from exile in India, a demolition campaign, dubbed the "Bulldozer March" was launched. Thousands gathered to vandalise the home of Bangladesh's first president on Wednesday night, six months after the former premier was ousted in the wake of a mass uprising.

The programme began using a crane and two excavators at night and the demolition continued on Thursday in the presence of many people, but one excavator remain...