Staff Reporter -- Joint endeavour of government, private institutions, officials and masses is required to preserve 2,500 year old glorious relics, historical establishments and archeological artifacts of the country speakers yesterday said at a seminar.
Save the Environment Movement organised the seminar on "Preservation of Relics, Historical Establishment and Archeological Artifacts: Our Duty "at the seminar room of public library.
They said, "Without collaborative efforts of these institutions it would be difficult to preserve the scattered but invaluable relics, historical establishments and archeological artifacts from the greedy schemes of launderers".
Government should adopt pragmatic policy and awareness programmee for people to help save the wealth they opined.
The speakers demanded formation of a national committee in collaboration with locals and specialists and to introduce sound rules on the matter.
They also asked for amending the existing rules and furnishing a list of the relics, historical establishments and archeological artifacts.
Among others, Dr Abu Sayeed M Ahmed, Chairman of Architect Department of Asia Pacific University, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Director of Bangladesh Environment Lawyer Association (BELA), Abu Naser Khan, Chairman of Save the Environment Movement and Dr Jesmin Ara addressed the seminar.
Prominent journalist Kamal Lohani chaired the programmee.
Source: The New Nation (Internet)
