Wari-Bateshwar Heritage Site
Govt support for excavation to continue, says Muhith
Archaeological site at Jankhartek in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi district. Finance Minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith visited the excavation work there yesterday. Photo: STAR
Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said that the government would continue to extend all support for excavation and maintenance of Wari-Bateshwar archeological site. While visiting the site at Belabo upazila of the district the minister said that its historic importance can be compared with Harappa in India. The minister yesterday went round Wari-Bateshwar including the excavation sites at Jannartak and Dopirtak. The relics of 2500-year-old copper age were found during the excavation at the site by a team of researchers led by archeology department head of Jahangirnager University Professor Sufi Mostafizur Rahman a few years ago. The minister later addressed a meeting near the site chaired by Nuh-e-Alam Lenin, member of the Oitijya Onneshan Trustee Board and publicity secretary of Bangladesh Awami League, reports BSS. The minister said Wari-Bateshwar speaks for a civilisation that existed on the Brahmaputra 2500 years ago. He said the cultural ministry has been providing financial assistance for excavation work at Wari-Bateshwar archeological site for last three years. Calling for protection of heritage sites he urged the local people to come forward to assist the excavation work. Among others, local MP Nurul Mojid Mahmud Humayun, JU archeology Professor Sufi Mostafizur Rahman and discoverer of Wari-Bateshwar Habib Ullah Pathan spoke. Habib Ullah Pathan said though the digging at Wari-Bateshwar formally began in 2000, the 3.6 lakh square meter site was actually discovered in 1930 by his father Hanif Pathan.
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