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To The Editor
Dhaka
"Rex without an Axe but Guile Having Guillotine"
Sir. Some related news items appeared in your esteemed dally, in the last few days, have attracted my attention. This has taken me back to the undla-torted History of the past. During Bangabandhu's time, one Group Captain M G Towab (then a Lufthansa executive in Germany) was tipped to take over Biman. Intention was to tame wild irregularities for which Biman'a revenue and reputation had nose-dived. For the survival of the flag carrier. Biman , needed the airlines businesslike discipline in the administration in the competitive market. Mr Towab assured Bangabandhu that he would do to the best of his ability to fulfil the demand of the time. But, he urged Bangabandhu that trade union (a great dragin that business). had to be and. Somehow. Bangabandhu could not accept
hls proposal and Mr Towab returned to his base. Later, he was called again by the government and was made the Ar Chief. Is same affairs are going on now again?
The news item. "Govt Considering Clampdown.... Unruly Trade Unions" (DS-11 Oct), where an incidence of Sonali Bank was depicted, and DS's comment was: "In most cases the victims are not all lucky", but that too did not last long. On 14th October in the last page of DS, "Some Changes In the Admin" we find the maverick CEO of Sonali Bank could not survive. as Mr Mahbubur had been posted to his place, in the same S3 the CEO of Shilpa Bank also ad been removed. The same day, in the front page, appeared "PM urges teachers not to protect terrorists". I wonder, for all those important changes in the administration, whether the respective ministry and the PM were consulted! If so, then were not they been briefed appropri-
ately? On 16lh October, in the front page of DS. we find "Powerful loan defaulters got Sonali Bank MD Removed". I don't like to draw any conclusion on what is going on. But based on the reports, I would like to say that if these activities continues in the knowledge of top executive of the country, then God bless us all.
A R Choudhury Uttara. Dhaka
"Mobile Telephone and HiTB"
Sir, I like to draw your attention to the opinion expressed in The Dally Star on 18/10/97 on the subject by Mr MG Pir. Mr Pir seems to have some misconception about BTTB. I had written tn this column several days ago suggesting Grameen to introduce Incoming call charge. I am not an employee of BTTB.
and mv opinion has nothing to do with BTTB. I also know BTTB has no opinion about Grameen Incoming calls being free. If anyone is to be blamed for the suggestion, it is myself and not BTTB
Saying the above I have 3 points to add:
1) Mr Pir has mentioned "Bengalees are great talkers'. There is a well known proverb that "more you talk, the less you talk sense". Then is it not a necessity that when talking over cellular phones costs money, it should be paid off. irrespective of whether the talks are of sense or nonsense
2) Mr Pir has suggested that BTTB itself should introduce a time limit for local calls. Could this suggestion by itself not be appltedto celluferphones for Introduction of incoming call charges to discourage people from occupying telephone lines unnecessarily? Anyway I support Mr Pir for this suggestion to BTTB for introduction of time limit to local calls.
3) Mr Pir wishes very much that Grameen by their very very advanced technology can overcome the present mess they are in and allow their subscribers to enjoy all incoming calls free and at the same time ready access to the system any time they wish
Nurul Basher
Khtlgaon. Dhaka
Miming 'country1 music
Sir. When we were teenagers in the early or mid '70a. music then was purr and worth a message that kepi us alive! Good old Boo Dylan with his poetic country style waa simply relaxing Groups like. Cream. Doors. Black Sabbath. Uriah Heep. Deep Purple and Led ZeppUn were all leading hard rock bands Their music and lyrics made us Mow higher The mel-
low musicians like. Crossby Still. Nash and Young America. Bread and Seal and Croft were really cool that kept us looking for peace. Even after the introduction of the fancied VCR in the early-'80s proved that those groups meant music and not exposed scenes. Their background scene portrayed "Mother Nature". Today, be Indian or the western music, it is more the physical exposures than any quality music
The other day. time allowed me to watch one of the music channel — 1 was watching Fiona Apple for a while She was indeed melodious, the music too was pretty good but the overall scene was dirty I mean. It waa a bare-all-dare-all performance.
It would be really nice if ever we get to watch some of the eeat rock concerts of the past like the Hair. Wood Stock. Bangladesh concert and some old bands which kept us going
Khauifa Vkfar MoeiuSthn Pueana Adkin. Dhaka