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To the Editor...
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Karnaphuli Bridge
The experience of travelling over the "steel wooden bridge," led me to write in the DS on 26 December, 1999 ("Dilapidated Karnaphuli bridge deck"). Others too wrote in the leading dailies (Prothom Alo, titled "Karnaphuli Sethur Durabastha", Feb 2 and "Karnaphuli Sethur Sanskar Karoon", 21 April, 2000).
Utopian projects of tunnel etc. below the Karnaphuli's bed were big promises, but nothing was done until last year when news of ECNEC approval came in electronic and print media. People hoped that the prime minister would lay foundation of a pucca Karnaphuli bridge by December, 2003. Recently, the PM laid foundation of Zia Memorial Complex. She mentioned about
building a proper bridge over Karnaphuli, but did not disclose when it would happen and where. Strong rumour floats in the press that a minister wants to have it near Kalurghat Bridge, though that is not the popular demand. The government should immediately look into the matter.
Ahmed R Chowdury
Uttara, Dhaka
The emperor's
wardrobe
Congratulations to Ms. Rubana Huq for a wonderfully satirical but serious write up on the obstacle race in the RMG sector (DS: Feb 28). From the usual trauma of delays, today we have to face the new criteria: compliance with
capital C the new catch word from the West!
However, I believe that having a clear understanding of the issues to be faced, Ms. Huq should be well qualified to take on the free for all battle scenario post 2005.
Should the battle be too strenuous, I am confident the writer of the interesting article can fall back upon writing as a career.
S A Mansoor
Gulshan, Dhaka
Barbaric!
What's going on in our country? Humayun Azad has been stabbed by unknown assailants!
There is no security of life for the eminent people, let alone the ordinary ones. I condemn the attack and urge the government to
be tough on the elements who are a threat to peace and social harmony.
Shameem, On e-mail
ZiA
Dhaka's Zia International Airport has improved a lot in the past few years. The airport check-in and immigration layouts have improved remarkably during the last two years. The departure portion is now comparable to most other international airports. The new parking structure attached to the main terminal is a great job done. The arrival portion is still messy, especially outside the airport. Placing transparent glass between the baggage unloading people and the baggage claiming passengers has also
reduced the baggage cutting (stealing) disasters.
However, still there is a lot of scope for improvement in the following areas:
The duty free shop: Going in to the duty shop at the Dhaka airport, foreigners would definitely want to find stuff to take back home that represents Bangladesh. Currently, there's very little in that shop that gives an essence of Bangladesh.
Real-time arrival/departures: It must link its real-time flight arrival/departures to internet sites which would be very valuable contribution towards passenger satisfaction.
Luggage handling for arriving passengers takes a very long time. One can also see the handlers tossing luggage on the conveyor
belts, not a pretty site. A yellow cab booth should be opened somewhere inside the terminal building so that people don't get hassled by the cab drivers and middlemen.
Next improvement must involve changing of several security personnel who ruin the day for many by mishandling the situation. First-time foreigners with no one to meet may still be perplexed at the chaos, once outside the neat terminal.
Eng. M A Siddique
Project Engineer, ZIA, Dhaka
An open letter
I was moved by the shocking pictures of a blood-soaked and bandaged Prof. Humayun Azad of Dhaka University on the front
pages of online Bangladeshi dailies. This is an open and frank letter to Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, the honourable home minister. It is your duty, sir, to (a) ensure the safety and security of the residents of Bangladesh and (b) to make sure that its laws are enforced to a bare minimum level to sustain a safe yet economically viable work environment. Indeed, one of the election promises of the BNP was to put the brakes on the sliding law and order situation left behind by the AL.
You tried to cover up your own failure as you did with reference to the recent attack on Dr. Kamal Hossain's car in Rangamati. What will you say this time?
I take this opportunity to express my hearty appreciation of the prime minister for probing into the
failure of the police to safeguard Dr. Kamal Hossain, even though he is her political opponent. It showed graciousness expected from a national leader.
Shabbir A. Bashar
Stanford University, California,
A message
I wholly support Mohammad Badrul Ahsan concerning last week's Cross Talk on the AntiCorruption Bill. Along with him I myself, and I am sure a good number of fellow citizens, would also want to send the massage that 'corruption is like charity which begins at home' to the political and bureaucratic elite of Bangladesh.
Tasnim
Japan