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Speakers' Houses at JS Complex

Court stops move to gag media, denies stay prayer

Special Correspondent
The Appellate Division yesterday turned down a plea to ban media reports on constructions on the Sangsad Bhaban complex minutes after it also did not grant another prayer for a stay on a High Court order declaring construction of the residences of speaker and deputy speaker illegal.
As soon as the bench declined to pass the order, the attorney general sought an embargo on media coverage of development work on the Sangsad Bhaban complex. The bench also declined to entertain the second prayer.
The High Court on June 21 declared the constructions illegal following.? writ petition filed by Bangladesh Paribcsh Andolon (Bapa) and the Institute of Architects,Bangladesh (TAB).
Bapa and the IAB in their petition said'the construction of die two residential buildings on the parliament complex would greatly distort the Sangsad Bhaban's final
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masterplan by world famous architect Louis I Kahn. In his master plan, Kahn had earmarked the site as an open space where the government took up the residence construction at a cost of about Tk 6 crore. The buildings are now complete with interior designing being done.
As soon as the government gets the certified copy of the June 21 High Court verdict, it plans to seek permission to file an appeal petition against the order, according to sources in the Public Works and Housing Ministry.
But pending the petition, Additional Attorney General Fida M Kamal yesterday first appealed to the bench comprising Chief Justice Syed JR Mudassir Husain, Justice Fazlul Karim , Justice MA Aziz and Justice Amirul Kabir Chowdhury for a stay order on the High Court verdict.
Considered worldwide as one of the finest examples of modern day architecture, Sangsad Bhaban complex has been subjected to repeated infringement on its
designs by successive governments. The Awami League government built the NAM conference hall demolishing the Weather Building originally designed by Kahn.
The ruling coalition distorted Kahn's design by taking up a massive project to build a bridge across the Crescent Lake behind the main parliament building and convert a large area of Chandrima Udyan into a mausoleum of the late president Ziaur Rahman. The under construction complex consists of a mosque, a seminar hall and other installation. Experts say such massive distortions of the original plan would not only destroy the beauty of Sangsad Bhaban but also hinder the international process of declaring the parliament complex a World Heritage Site.
Dr Kamal Hossain, who along with Barrister Tanjib ul Alam yesterday opposed the government move, told The Daily Star: "We now all hope that the government would declare the parliament complex a national heritage site."