, Sept. 7 -- Cultural Affairs Minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury on Monday told Parliament that the government has published a list of 554 gazetted immovable archaeological sites and is taking up a project to establish a National Digital Cultural Repository.

"The list of 554 immovable archaeological sites gazetted by the government has already been published on the official website of the Department of Archaeology," he said.

The minister was replying to a scripted question from ruling party lawmaker Fahmida Haq (Women Seat-18) during the question-and-answer session in the House.

The sitting began around 3:00pm with Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad in the chair.

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