Bomb blast in mosque

Sir. Yesterday morning when I saw the headline In your paper I thought the DS made a mistake by putting Khulna instead of Karachi. But then after checking the other dailies my worst thought came to disgust me. What are we heading to? This is the worst scenario one could expect In Bangladesh.

For some time now a small group of extremist have been actively fanning anti Khadiani propaganda along with other fundamentalist viewpoints.

This definitely is a part of their bigger programme of ethnic cleansing we saw attempted and failed in 1971, This is not democracy and goes against the grain of secular belief and heritage that the people of Bangladesh have followed for centuries.

Let us not allow these sort of antisocial elements to destroy our society and the nation with their perverted and narrowminded viewpoints which Is retarding our process of progress and development.

Akku Chowdhury Banant Dhaka

Felling of trees after 10 pm?

Sir. The news ’ Felling of trees any day after 10 pm" published In the DS on 5.10.99 is a heart-rending one. •

Now there is no time to discuss the usefulness of trees and defend their existence in the udyan by holding speeches and rallies. This is now a social, political and moral issue. The Dhakaites (who are the real proprietors of the udyan) Including our essayist of the first rank. Prof Sirajul Islam Choudhury and our famous poet. Shamsur Rahman (now

ailing and in Singapore) have been engaged in the movement against the felling of trees for quite same time now.

If their demand is dishonoured then it would appear that the nation as a whole is dishonoured by the government.

Therefore any step of felling the trees and establishment of unnecessary NAM Summit Centre will have far-reaching political consequences. Doesn't the government realise this simple

MAS Molla member. BAAS Dhaka

Time to win

Sir. Many things have been said and heard about the politics of Bangladesh. Hartal, demonstration, miseries, and flood are ihe sorrowful tales of our country. Most astonishing thing about this country is that the people always come out smiling the next day.

We nave had not many days to cheer and celebrate the occasions. But our cricketers are giving us something to cheer about. Not many months ago we experienced one of the best time of our life by celebrating the win against the mighty Pakistani cricket team in the World

Cup.

Again to our delight recently. we played a very good rain-shortened game against a strong West Indian side. My hats to the boys of Bangladesh cricket team. It is just the beginning of Bangladesh cricket era. Tnere will be lot more happy moments. But we have to take every game as it comes. Building a strong foundation is very important for us.

I wish and hope to see our cricketers play far better game In the years to come. Heads up and now It is time to play to win against any cricket team.

Belal

Dhaka