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To the Editor...
Letters for publication in these columns should be addressed to the Editor and legibly written or typed with double space. For reasons of space, short letters are preferred, and all are subject to editing and cuts. Pseudonyms are accepted. However, all communications must bear the writer's real name, signature and address.
Overseas call booking
Sir. It is a common experience with almost all who require to make overseas calls to undergo a tedious exercise attempting various numbers and then get a call booked. Previously such calls used to be booked from No. 152 while No. 162 was for reminder when there was delay in getting the call biioked. The department in appreciation of difficulties of the overseas callers have given some more Telephone Numbers viz. 244958. 244969. 319226. 501777. 608080. 419313. 383016 for booking and for the purpose of reminder, in addition to 162, the callers have been advised to contact 402199 and 413744. But despite such a grand and wide consideration, the callers to their dismay have to take a long exercise to get a call registered within a reasonable time. The difficulties beggar description.
Moreover, call registration number is given only when a call is booked with Tel 152. As no registration number is given when a call is booked with telephone numbers other than 152, the relevant column of the register maintained at caller’s end remains blank with no scope for referring the registration number in case of necessity. It Is pre- sinned that there is no difficulty to maintain a register with each of the above telephone numbers for the facility of the subscribers.
S.M. Hussain
Motijheel Comm. Area Dhaka.
An appreciation
Sir, This weekend magazine of your daily was indeed laudable. It had a number of pieces which provided both variety and pleasure for those who love and enjoy reading.
We hope that you will continue zealously what you have started to do. For. it is often difficult to keep the tempo of things going. Mainly because, it is actually difficult to get good writers and pieces in English, particularly, in our country.
A good and informative newspaper is always wel come, it provides a breath of fresh air from the drudgery of everyday bore- do in.
We have high hopes and do wish your esteemed jo'urnal fulfil our expectations.
Renu Sarwar
Tangail
Wild bird preservation
Sir. This referes to inam Ahmed s feature “Traders mint money."
It is appalling that every year the law against the capture and sale of migratory birds is flaunted blatantly by traders and neither the police nor organisations like the Wild Bird Preservation Society, take any action against it. All we gel, year after year, is a newspaper article about this criminal practice.
What about the police officials who must surely be witnessing this criminal sight each winter? Why can! they simply slop their vehicles, confiscate ihe birds and sei them free?
And would It not be more valuable for wildlife pro lection organisations to picket these traders, al least at the main spots mentioned in the article, instead of just quoting the dire consequences of these actions? All it would need is to gel volunteers through its membership and organisations like the Boy Scouts etc.. Io pressurise the police into taking action to penalise the culprits. Not the least of them being unscrupulous buyers who provide the market can therefore be considered the main culprits in the decimation of migratory birds In Bangladesh.
May we request the media to build up public awareness against the de ■tructton of wildlife in this country through a series of articles. Instead of the to ken one articles per year?
S R. Ghuznavi Bartdiiara