Nitun Kundu is the sculptor of Shabash Bangladesh. The name of the sculpture comes from a poem named "Durmor" by Sukanta Bhattacharya. The last four lines of which is engraved under the structure:
সাবাস বাংলাদেশ এ পৃথিবী অবাক তাকিয়ে রয় জ্বলে পুড়ে মরে ছারখার তবু মাথা নোয়াবার নয়।
Translation :
"Bravo Bangladesh! The world is amazed! fired, burned, died and destroyed but never gave up!"