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To the Editor
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F RKhan
Sir, We the Bangalees of Bangladesh know a very little about a fellow Bangalee who achieved world-class distinctions. The man who had been the great master in his own domain is, yea. unmistakably. Mr F R Khan. During a magazine programme of BTV, Professor J R Choudhury revealed a sense of regret that many of the people even In F R Khan's motherland fall to appreciate such a formidable personality who once stirred the civil engineering firmament.
While the developed world consider ourselves to be genetically low-breed, this man has done an astounding job to defy the general notion. How docs It happen that an architectengineer of this soil is the designer of the tallest building of the world? We can be exultant enough that some vital innovative concepts of designs for tall buildings have been formulated by this gentleman. Also, we know with relish that he used imaginative plans in building many other forms of ctvll engineering construction.
From Professor J R Choudhury, we come to know of Mr F R Khan's outstanding contributions to the War of Liberation in 1971. He raised funds for the refugee Bangalees and he did find it a graceful act for him to lobby for the cause of his own people, the Bangalees.
As a Bangalee, I would salute this Bangalee architect-engineer who made real big achievements. We have learnt somehow that this gentleman chaired many a prestigious establishments and a statue dedicated to his memory Is now situated In Chicago. Sad to note that he is not much recognized in Bangladesh.
May I put a humble request to The Daily Star to present us with a biography of this world-winning architect-engineer. It will be a very good accompaniment to the biography to put reminiscences of this man by such high-calibre personalities like Professor J R Choudhury. It will be a lot of enlightenment for the present and future generations of architects and engineers to learn about the achievements in details and also some fight projected on the family life of the man iye know simply as Mr F R Khan. Trust, It Is never too late to pay homage to a real super achiever.
Hubert Francis Sarkar Stngtola. Dhaka
Universal Primary Education
Sir, May 1 congratulate you on your brilliant editorial (April 10) on Compulsory Primary Education ( CPE).which excels in honesty. In fact. I have come across few such bold, straightforward, scholarly and analytical editorials in my fife. May Allah continue to bless you with such a bounty as to spur you to speak the truth as boldly and loudly as on this occasion.
Yes, the name Universal Primary Education (UPE) is more suitable In our situation than CPE. True, whom we are compelling for primary educa tlon? The hungry? The naked? The homeless?
Question arises as to who, in the name of CPE, Is misleading the democratically elected government? To be objective, we should strive for Universal Primary Education both through formal and informal education, the latter making up the inadequacy of the former.
The advantages of Informal education through village para based literacy, education and training centres are as follows : (1) It can be managed by village Parishad /Sarkar at a much less cost; (11) the learners will have the option for choosing any shift run at day or night time; (111) as it would also impart training the adults would also earn while they learn; (Iv) Under the centres every unlettered person of the country would be brought Into account for Individual development and welfare facilitating the whole population for transformation into human resources.
It is high time the govern menl should reconsider to stop chasing the wild goose of CPE and concentrate on UPE to be Implemented through formal and informal systems of education.
Adul Quasem Dhaka
Pension scheme
Sir, The Jatlya Sangsad was quick enough to allow life long pension for all JS members though they serve for a maxi mum of five years. Sector corporation employees opted for pension scheme five years back but till date no decision has been given. Thus the retired personnel are not getting the final settlement in the hope of pension against gratuity Introduced by the then PI DC.
Under the above backdrop let the government decide the Issue either by allowing pension or compensate gYoperly through gratuity, revising current benefits as applicable
Sadiq Alee
Maghhaxar, Dhaka