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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.
Trial of Ershad
Sir. We want that H.M. Ershad should be tried in ordinary civil courts for hfs usurpation of power on March 24, 1982 from a legally constituted government of Justice Sattar. We want this trial in the name of democracy, rule of law and sovereignty of the people and to establish that crime does not pay. We also want that Ershad should get a fair treatment. a fair trial so that posterity should not blame us for miscarriage of Justice.
Parhana, Fhzie Rabbi, Wtnny 481. Ibrahimpur. Dhaka.
To err is human
Sir. A recent news item says that Her Royal Highness, the Queen of England, was spotted driving a car In Windsor area in England. The security guard got the shock of his life when he tried to stop the car. driven by the Queen herself, in the horse trials, which was closed to people without proper pass
Actually, when he stopped the car. the guard thought he had stopped an unauthorised woman driver from driving into a restricted area. When the guard realised whom he had checked, he was extremely embarrassed and scared.
Well, to err is human, but
an error of such a magnitude might lead to problems, sometimes. So it is much better to be sure before we do try to show our power to others.
Enayet Ahmed Gulshan, Dhaka.
Vehicle luxury
Sir. Bangladesh is a poor country. It has been rendered poorer by the devastating tidal bore that swept through the coastal belt. It pains me to see luxury exhibited at this time by richer section of the society when 1 see them in the air-conditioned comfort of their huge Nissan Patrol or Mitsubishi Pajero. The government rules make it easy for them to do without paying for it.
■ Mercedez Benz 560 SEL is considered a luxury in any society. In Bangladesh one has to pay over Tk 1 crore to have the pleasure of owning it. There Is another vehicle Nissan Patrol which has almost all the luxuries of Mercedez and which costs almost same as Mercedez in many countries including the oil rich Gulf states. Incidentally, these luxury vehicle sells at only Tk 14 lac in Bangladesh due to some loop hole tn our custom duty procedure.
In order to help get 4-whecl drive working vehicle for field work, government
Imposed only 50% customs duty on petrol driven 4-WD Jeep. So Nissan Patrol come under that. But it is not a basic working vehicle for field. It is a real luxury vehicle having air conditioning, power steering, power brake, power window, power door mirror, power seat tilt etc. In fact it has all the luxuries of Mercedez Benz. It also has over 4000- c.c engine, consuming huge quantity of petrol. I do not say that this car should not be imported. If any one wants to enjoy the luxury he must pay for it to the tunc of almost a Mercedez. Each Patrol or Pajero consumes about US $30,000 of wage earners' hard earned remittances which could have been utilised for import of industrial raw materials or some basic commodities. So if these vehicles are imported, government must not let the luxuries be enjoyed so cheaply by the richer section of the society. Government must readjust custom duty level because there is difference between basic field vehicle and the so-called 4-WD luxury vehicles.
1 do not blame this government because this was done, perhaps intentionally, by the Erevious autocratic regime. I ope the present popularly elected government will not repeat it in the next budget which is under preparation now. so that the back door use of Mercedez luxury in stopped. Custom duty collected from a Nissan Patrol or Mutsubishi Pajero is even less than that from Toyota Corolla, which is quite a basic car.
A. Hussain
70 Elephant Road
Dhaka 1205
Respect to dead bodies
Sir, Medical Students have strict instructions to pay proper respect to dead bodies, while taking lessons in anatomy classes, according to medical ethics.
Two photographs of (1) Mother and baby and (2) a woman, projected In the very front page of a widely circulated Bengali daily on May 04,1991 far from eliciting an artistic laurel for the photographer. call for his drastic* condemnation.
We do not know. If there exists any code of ethics for Journalists—photographers included.
Bangladesh Press Institute should take the matter up suo-moto.
M.S. Haque, Dhaka.
BMDC affairs
Sir, When the whole nation is observing austerity vis-a-vis the cyclonic catastrophe and practically half of the population is suffering from hunger, lack of shelter and clothing etc., the BMDC authorities are setting a different example. A crash programme to beautify the centre has been taken up which for obvious reasons, has created dissatisfaction among the officers and employees.
BMDC reportedly suffer a severe shortage of funds. It may be noted here that the PABX telephone system of the centre has been lying inoperative since the connection was cut off for non-payment of bills six months ago.
The affairs of BMDC require a thorough investigation with honest, sincerity of purpose and patriotic feeHnga.
An ex-partietpant