BCFCC, the new victim!
Who can tell me how & why the name of the popular centre of meetings & fairs got a new name? Was it necessary at all? Do we not cut a sorry figure to the contributor! It was built by our good friends 'the Chinese' and as I knew so long it was a total package of a gift from one of our best friendly countries and their people. If the ruling govt. wanted to name another landmark after it's founder, no one would have objected. In fact we need several such venues of international standard.
But I am wondering why the present govt. is keeping themselves busy to change names and rename the existing buildings, bridges, institutions and trying to deface former rulers even by demolishing murals of our respected past leaders, in the darkness of night.
After all how many more places they want to put their names on, when we have seen them vanished just with the change of the governments.
Among all, I just can not reconcile the change of name of the PG Hospital -- thank god it has remained the same with the rickshaw pullers; similarly the "Jamuna Bridge" as it is popularly known should not be disturbed, especially when the present govt. could not change the name of the river. I urge upon those in the present govt. who are pretty quick to change the popular names to restore those landmarks viz. China Friendship Centre, Bhashani Novo
Theatre, Jamuna Bridge etc. and shun the partisan attitude.
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