Neglected heritage
Friday, 31 August 2007
Bangladesh was pulsated by various civilisations dating back thousands of years. The ancient but crumbling structures signifying life and culture of those days of yore still stand in many places of the country and form collectively our national heritage. They range from the prehistoric time to the Bhuddist and Hindu eras to the Islamic one. Many of them have been brought under some kind of control and supervision by the Ministry of Culture and are being preserved and maintained. However, the maintenance and preservation activities are minimal in most cases and decay and destruction from natural forces and human interferences are threatening them with complete disappearance .
This tragic neglect of our proud heritage is indeed a sad one. The process needs to be reversed with the government allocating greater funds for heritage preservation and the relevant ministry taking much greater initiatives to include all heritage objects and sites under its control and taking steps for their proper preservation.
As a country, we have been neglecting our heritage although we are very privileged in every way in having many things of value to be counted as our proud heritage.
Kabita Rahman
Gulshan, Dhaka
This tragic neglect of our proud heritage is indeed a sad one. The process needs to be reversed with the government allocating greater funds for heritage preservation and the relevant ministry taking much greater initiatives to include all heritage objects and sites under its control and taking steps for their proper preservation.
As a country, we have been neglecting our heritage although we are very privileged in every way in having many things of value to be counted as our proud heritage.
Kabita Rahman
Gulshan, Dhaka