The Ministry of Cultural Affairs will hold a mass hearing on Cumilla Town Hall premises today over acquisition of Birchandra Ganapathagar and Nagar Milonayton (the town hall) as a heritage property.

Helal Uddin Ahmed, general secretary of Town Hall executive committee, said it will start at 11:30am.

AKM Bahauddin Bahar MP, an adviser of the Town Hall, will be present there.

Activists and residents have been protesting for a few months as a group is trying to demolish the historic Town Hall to construct a market there.