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’Save legacy of Dhaka city’

Staff Correspondent
Speakers at a book launching ceremony yesterday called for saving Dhaka city with coordinated and sustainable plans before its 400-year-old legacy goes to ruin.
Dhaka city still could be salvaged from the pandemonium that seems to be prevalent in recent times if only all think tanks put their heads together, they added.
The speakers said this at the launching ceremony of the revised edition of two books 'Dhaka: A Record of Its Changing Fortunes' by Pakistani archaeologist Ahmad Hasan Dani and 'Dhaka: Past Present Future' edited by Prof Sharif Uddin Ahmed at Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (ASB) office in the city.
ASB also launched the Centre for Dhaka Studies
(CDS) at the programme.
Prof Sharif Uddin Ahmed, chief coordinator of the Celebration of 400 Years of Dhaka City, said the two classic literary works are among the 19 publications initiated by Asiatic Society on the occasion.
He pointed out that CDS will study about history, people, problems and possibilities of Dhaka city.
Starting in September 2008, the celebration will continue until September 2011 involving more than 200 researchers and historians, Prof Sharif noted.
Among other projects, the society has taken up an initiative to restore the Mughal architecture Nimtali Deuri, the historic gateway to Nimtali Palace, he added.
Presenting a keynote paper, Prof Nazrul Islam, chairman of University Grants
Commission, said Dhaka city is in grave danger. The bleak future is being manifested by the massive traffic congestion of the city.
Failure to develop sustainable plans, coordination, proper management and good governance by city fathers are the main reasons for the present conditions of the city.he added.
National Prof Kabir Chowdhury said the future of the city depends on coordinated and sustainable plans but working together is a precondition for it.
ASB President Prof Sirajul Islam, General Secretary Prof Mahfuza Khanam, Md Anwarul Alam, former chairman of Rajuk, Dr AKM Golam Rabbani, deputy chief coordinator of the celebration programmes, also spoke.