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TO THE EDITOR
DUET admission test
Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET), Gazipur, has announced that its admission tests will be held on May 10, 2004.
I would like to appeal to the DUET authorities to allow the HSC passed meritorious students to sit for the admission tests, 2004. According to the Clause 42 (2) of 'Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Gazipur, 2003 Act' published in Bangladesh Gazette on July 19, 2003, HSC passed students should be given priority to sit for admission test at DUET. DUET should frame its admission policy accordingly.
Md. Mahbubur Rahman Shohag
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka Let the leader of the opposition speak In a placid, friendly and pleasant atmosphere and get-together graced by many top BNP, Awami League MPs and other VVIPs organised by Dhaka Reporters Unity at National Press Club, the LGRD Minister and BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuyian said when the Awami League was in power the BNP boycotted parliament and now it is the Awami League that has been boycotting parliament. He is right, but how can we get out of the deadlock?
We do not like to go into any type
of debate on the issue. It is of no use. The debate will never end.
What we strongly feel and seriously mean is that both the ruling and opposition MPs should jointly make our Jatiya Sangsad effective and lively to deliver public service and ensure accountability and transparency.
We feel that as a special case, whoever be the leader of the opposition in the JS, of Awami League, BNP or any other political party, she/he may be allowed to speak in parliament as long as she/he likes, but not for more than two hours at a stretch without any break on any day or night. Once she/he has spoken for one minute, five minutes,
ten minutes to two hours, the opposition leader may not be allowed to speak for the second time on the day. In this connection, we would request the JS in general and the speaker in particular to kindly frame the necessary rules.
No one should bother about the length and breadth of the speech of the leader of the opposition in the JS. Whether the speech is relevant, irrelevant, time consuming, interesting or boring, it does not matter. We are of the opinion that the presence of the leader of the opposition and opposition MPs is far more welcome than their absence from the JS on the allegation that the leader of the opposition is not allowed to speak.
The special privilege and honour 'Speak as you like for two hours' should be enjoyed only by the leader of the opposition in the JS. We all must move with time and tide to make our democracy successful.
OH Kabir
Dhaka-1203
Learn to use space
President Bush claims to be sincere in his benign approach to teach millions of "foreign" humans some hard lessons. Now he has to come or go through the animals, who have presented the heads of states with the mad cow disease and the chicken flu (despite the appreciative
camera work on the surface of the planet Mars).
Next the trees, namely the vegetable kingdom might revolt with the new variations of GE (genetically-engineered) problems. The human genome is on the experiment list. Science is surely getting secular! The ancient mystics said that you should keep your heart empty. So that it could be filled up, from time to time, with the necessary inputs for harmonious living. Similarly, what is useful in a glass or cup is the empty space, which is used again and again for filling with water or any other liquid for drinking. Water, another miracle, always comes down to the lowest level. The new
millennium philosophy appears to be: the higher the better.
Alif Zabr
India-Pakistan cricket series
All cricket fans across the world are now waiting in a feverish mood for the upcoming India-Pakistan series . This series is very significant for many reasons . First of all , it should remove, or at least lessen, the political tension between the two neighbouring countries. Then again we can now hope for more cricket matches between them.
India-Pakistan cricket matches always generate huge excitement
and joy for the fans . So any attempt to prevent such matches will not bring any glory; rather it will deprive millions of cricket fans of some thrilling encounters . We should congratulate the governments of the two countries for taking this bold decision.
Cricket should be above all politics. As a true cricket fan , I am looking forward to a series full of crowd-pleasing cricket. And at the same time, I wish all the best to our Tigers now in Zimbabwe. I hope they will prove that the fine showing against Pakistan was no fluke.
Nazmus Saquib
Mayakanan, Dhaka.