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Bangladeshi
Olympians
Sir, Triumphantly enough, Bangladeshi athletes have been able to uphold national Image as well as the spirits of Olympics with dignity as none of tljem flunked the drug tests, nor did they lose sporting manners at the 26th Olympiad.
Winning medals only is not the sole objective of partici pa tion In such a competition, sportsmanship is and that is more graceful for both the competitor and the nation hc/shc represents
The fact that many female athletes of different countries recorded better performances than Bangladeshi male ath letes must not dishearten promising Bangladeshi Olympians, since miracle shappens in sports like a Bangladeshi male swimmer ended up in the women's poo) — gracious amigo!
A3 the right lm.ni Dt. g*a
desh learnt at this Olympiad should be guiding her buddy athletes all the way to the glorious platform In the next meetings since the possl billties of developing performance capability arc bound-1<^S.
Scientific practice with standard facilities will be the requisites for aiming for Olympic medals. Proper diet is also a major factor In sports performance reflected by many champions' menus that include some of the less popular foods In Bangladesh. For medal winning stamina and strength, LDC Bangladesh may have to start it all over again with the next Olympiad is still another four years away
Just for a record, sex discrimination can be minimized in athletics with all Identical events for men and women. Otherwise, what's wrong with separate Olympiads sexwise?
- M Rahman
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SSMC
Sir, It is encouraging that the present democratic government has given emphasis on the expansion of medical education In the county with a view to producing more medical graduates for realizing ihe objective—"Health for all by the year 2000". A number of new medical colleges has started functioning or on the way to start.
Meanwhile, it is felt that the government should also put equal emphasis on ensuring necessary facilities to the old medical colleges. For Instance, Sir Salfmullah Medical College (SSMC) Is running with a number of academic and Infrastructural problems. It has shortage of teachers, students, especially girl students' accommodation, adequate lab and hospital facilities, stable electricity supply etc. Moreover, the location of the SSMC is itself a highly polluted congested place of the old Dhaka city. Everyday the teachers, students and others have to experience a serious trafficjam to reach the Mitford Hospital or the SSMC campus. Often It kills valuable hour of the teachers and students.
May we draw the attention of the government to the situation and urge the authority concerned to take urgent
SSMC and other medical colleges In the greater national interest.
M. Zahkiul Haque Assistant Professor, Bangladesh Agricultural Institute. Dhaka
Human rights violations
Sir, I take the opportunity to Inform you that during my recent visit to Nepal. I was shocked to learn that about 40,000 Bhutanese nationals have taken refuge in the eastern part of the country. 1 vis ited the refugee camps In eastern Nepal and was deeply moved to see that they are on the brink of starvation and death due to lack of food, medicine and clothing. However, the newly formed democratic government of Nepal, the mainstream political parties, human right groups and the local people of Jhapa. eastern Nepal, have been helping these refugees with relief measures as such as they can but unless international support is extended these refugees will have no other option but to perish in an alien land.
The People's Forum of Human Rights, Bhutan (PFHRB) hnve Issued a leaflet to rtwi'-r •N-r'
to give It a media publicity.
The southern Bhutan is inhabited by the people of Ncpalese-orlgin since 1624 A D forming about 53 per cent of the total (600,000) population. Bhutan is ruled by an absolute monarch in whom all legislative. executive and judicial powers are centralised. Political activities and political parties are banned In the Kingdom. The only political party, "Bhutan People's Party", Is a democratic organisation founded on June 2,1990 which has been functioning from exile in view of the restrictions on political parties in the Kingdom. The government, have called the ongoing movement as anti-national labelling it as a tep-oHst movement and a move for creation of greater Nepal.
♦ The Bhutanese movement Is not a movement for cessation, Il Is mainly for the establishment of human rights and multi-party democracy in Bhutan. The Instances of human rights violation in Bhutan may be summed up as follows: a). There is no freedom of expression, speech and press; b) There Is no religious and cultural freedom; c) Political freedom Is totally banned; d) Formation of groups, associations and unions Is prohibited; e) Organisation of peaceful processions, rallies, demonstrations and protests la banned; 1) Bhutanese citizens
tional dresses. The dress worn by the ruling class (Cho for men and Kira for women) is made compulsory for every Bhutanese citizen. Any one found without this dress is either fined heavily or Jailed. TV viewing has been banned; g) People are arrested arbitrarily and tortured by using third degree measures. Even gang rape of the female detainees is alleged as rampant.
Mr. Tek Nath Rizal, once a member of the Royal Advisory Council, and presently the Chairman of PFHRB protested against the merciless violation of human rights and was imprisoned in Bhutan for a few days in June 1988. Later, after his conditional release he managed to escape to eastern Nepal's Jhapa district for self-exile. Suddenly on November 15,1989, he was mysteriously abducted from his residence at Birtamod (place of self-exile). From reliable sources, it Is leamt that presently he is undergoing rigorous Imprisonment In Bhutan. In the course of the pro-democracy movement, more than 5000 people have been arrested and detained. Their late and whereabouts are unknown even today while 50,000 are living as refugees tn India and Nepal, It was revealed by PFHRB in the leaflet distributed to foreigners.
Sira] Chowdhury WT'”. DMrn