Hasina orders evacuation of heritage building for museum
Hasina orders evacuation of heritage building for museum
Last Updated: Sun, Jan 24th, 2021, 12:36:03hrs
Following the Prime Minister s demand, Chittagong district authorities have evacuated the building and installed a signboard with an order issued on 6 January by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh that the site is to be conserved for a museum, Advocate Rana Dasgupta told IANS on Saturday.
Welcoming the move, Dasgupta said it was victory of the movement of the people of Chittagong. We are happy that the Prime Minister herself handled this issue with a plan to secure the heritage as a museum. We hope the local administration will accelerate implementing the order, he added.
Outrage in B’desh over bid to demolish house of freedom fighter against British
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By Sumi Khan
Dhaka, Jan 6 (IANS) The minority rights body of Bangladesh has voiced its opposition to the razing of the historical house of the late Jatra Mohan Sengupta, a Bengali lawyer and a top Congress leader.
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council or Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikkyo Parishad has called for a human chain and protest rally on January 9 to protect all heritage sites in the country, the Council’s General Secretary Rana Dasgupta told IANS on Wednesday morning.
On Monday morning, the front portion of the historical house located in the city’s Rahmatganj area was bulldozed in the presence of police.