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TO THE EDITOR
Suhrawardy on the US Lately we have seen many a letter and article catalogue the wrongs allegedly done by the United States. To put the matter in fuller perspective, I would like to share the following remarks made by one of the architects of Bengali nationalism about America:
"It is not a small matter for a nation to undertake the task of spreading prosperity and happiness, of undertaking to assure peace and progress, and of assuming the responsibilities of insuring to mankind freedom and liberty. This is not a small task which the United States of America has undertaken, and the impact of its efforts is today felt throughout the world. To undeveloped and underdeveloped nations you have given hope that they will be able to reconstruct their lives."
Those are the words of Hussein
Shaheed Suhrawardy, hardly the proverbial 'American agent', spoken in his July 1957 address to the United States Senate.
Esam Sohail
Wichita, USA
Re: Shabash
Bangladesh
I refer to the commendable analysis of Dr. B.C's speech by Mr. Nazmul Karim (Dec 6). What has this gentleman doing all these days since he was returned to the pavilion by Khaleda Zia? We do not require such educated and selfproclaimed civil society members. Dr. B.C must know that an MRCP or FRCS degree in medicine is not all it takes to be leading a nation.
Our future leader must have vision, wisdom and courage -vision like that of Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, wisdom like that of
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and courage like that of Bangabandhu.
Dr. Rubaiya Naheed
Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
Changing colour will not solve our problem
So our police force is now changing the colour of their uniform. Is it to hide their shame or to fool us even more? I think the police should get clothes without pockets. And since there will be no pockets, I believe it will go some way towards encouraging our officers not to take any bribes.
Azad Miah
Oldham, UK
My friend Ahmedul
Kabir
Returning to Bangladesh after an absence of five years, I have learned through your newspaper about the sad death of my friend Ahmedul Kabir with whom I had been acquainted during my 25 years stay in Dhaka (from 1973 till 1998).
I used to contact regularly Ahmedul to obtain or confirm various information. Occasionally, when Belgian journalists were visiting Bangladesh, I would always advise them to contact Ahmedul to get a balanced view of the country's problems. As we were often invited to the same official receptions, I would search the company of Ahmedul for whom I had and keep a deep admiration. I was particularly fascinated by his great sense of humour, his honesty and his secularism. I remember in particular how he was attached to his French made car: a vintage Citroen, the only model of its type
in Dhaka.
I remember also how he had agreed to write an article in Sangbad about leprosy in Bangladesh, after I had drawn his attention to the ignorance and prejudice of the general public concerning this disease; he immediately sent one of his staff to the leprosy hospital of Jalchatra where, at the time, a few Belgians were working. Ahmedul was a great man and a very warm friend. I will miss him.
Benoit Labrique
Ex-Charge d'Affaires of the Belgian Embassy in Bangladesh
Deteriorating law and order situation and the people
Improvement of the law and order situation should be the first priority of the government. Because the most important factor for the
smooth functioning of economic activities and to attract foreign investment in the country, is to improve the law and order. In Bangladesh, the situation is deteriorating day by day rather than improving. One can easily perceive the present situation by going thorough the newspaper reports on killings, kidnappings, rapes, and extortion and so on how the situation is getting from bad to worse.
In such an ominous situation, what role the political parties should play. Political parties should help improve the situation by working together. But in our country, the scenario is quite frightening and disappointing. Every political party in our country is nurturing terrorists for selfish political gains. Police administration cannot perform their job independently as there is always pressure from the political parties
to act according to their will. And people have lost their faith in political parties and law enforcers. Poor people are denied access to justices, as they do not have money to afford the expense of litigation. The faith in the judicial system, which is the last resort of the people has been threaten as political affiliation are getting priority in nominating justice of the high court. All these factors have contributed to the chaotic situation in our society. The party in power and opposition are playing with the fate of the people. They are most interested in party interest rather the interest of the mass people who voted them to power. But how long this situation will continue nobody knows. If the political parties truly realise the interest of the people and the country, the situation in our country is bound to change within a very short period of time.
Mallik Akram Hossain
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Indo-Pak relation
India and Pakistan, two perennial foes have normalised their relation. PM of India AB Vajpayee will visit Pakistan in January to join SAARC summit. So both India and Pakistan have a good chance to kick off talks to bury the hatchet. To improve relations, Pakistan and India should set up economic diplomacy. They should commence FTA for the welfare of two nations. They should exchange FDIs in large scale. In the age of globalisation and free market economy, economic diplomacy is the best therapy for entente. Mr Vajpayee and Mr Musarraf should be pragmatic, technical and altruistic enough minimise the rivalry between these countries. I hope peace will prevail in South Asia.
Molla Mohammad shaheen
Dept of English, Dhaka University