Bangladesh’s interim government, headed by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, says his makeshift administration will contain vandalism and arson after a historic house tied to ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was demolished by angry protesters.

Bangladesh's interim government said on Friday it would contain the vandalism and arson being committed across the South Asian country amid concern from a major Bangladeshi opposition political party and neighboring India over attacks on a historic house linked to ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

The MEA said that India hoped that Bangladesh would make efforts to make relations between the countries mutually beneficial.

Thousands of protesters set fire to the home of Bangladesh's founding leader as his daughter, ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, called on her supporters to stand against the interim government.

Bangladesh has asked India to stop ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from making "false and fabricated" comments while she is in the country, its foreign ministry said. Hasina fled to India last year following violent protests that killed more than 1,