Mahbubur Rahman

The recent controversy with the land use of the would-be-abandoned central jail area shows how short our memory is collectively. It has been almost 100 years since the issue was raised and resolved in 1917 in favour of creating an urban park on the freed land.

Terrorists sometimes commit their acts of destruction or murder in the name of religion, and as reported in the media, when the perpetrators burst into the Holey Artisan Bakery, they shouted “Allahu Akbar,” which means “God is Great.”