Comments on news report

“Dhaka getting awful getup,” published on February 22, 2014

S.M. Iftekhar Ahmed
A very good scope for someone close to the ruling party to get rich, through the courtesy of the hardworking taxpayers.

Voice
This beautification is the most hideous distraction on the roads of Dhaka. These different coloured and patterned tiles are the ugliest things; seems like someone got them second hand from the street sellers.

Akhtar Shah
Whilst I go along with the concept that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, I also know, one can't expect a boy to do a man's job! You need trained and time-tested real craftsmen and creative artists to produce praiseworthy beautification.

AH
There is a limit to how bad taste can be. Why is Vinyl World doing a prestigious project like this? This should be given to a prominent architect who has an eye for beauty. Unfortunately, 99 pc of things constructed in Bangladesh is average or below average, let alone the finishing quality which is mostly below average.

Snr Citizen
Pinnacle of corruption! Where is ACC?

Deep Purple Blue
Thanks to DS for the report. Why on earth such contract was awarded through secret negotiation and not public tender? Tk. 4.5 crore is not small money for Bangladesh.

Barkat
Where corruption exists, nothing else is considered.