"Dhaka, once known as a city of mosques or the Venice of the east, will soon become a city of shopping malls—a shapeless concrete jungle if the current trends continue."
— Dhaka

January 1, 1970

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ABM Nurul Islam, on the decision to demolish Kamalapur railway station, as quoted in The Daily Star, Saving the Kamalapur Railway Station building on 20 December 2020.