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To The Editor
Road accidents
Road accidents have become a regular phenomenon in the highways and cities of our country. Day by day, it is increasing in an alarming way. We find the news of accidents almost daily in the newspapers. Every year it kills hundreds of people and leaves thousands of others crippled. The indirect effect of this invisible monster is the untold sufferings of hundreds of thousands of people who are family members of those victims.
But why this unintended holocaust? a number of factors are responsible for these mishaps such as whimsical driving , bad conditions of the roads and, most importantly, the competition among the drivers. To eliminate the problem, or at
least to lessen it to a minimum level, effective measures must be taken by the government.
Zahed
Karatia, Tangail.
sports page
Undoubtedly, the sports news of the DS is extra-ordinary. It is equal to none. Everything is okay except one. As a frantic lover of sports, I find it slightly erratic. My complaint is against cricket score card. Here we are not given the detailed information about the balls, 4s, and 6s.
Anyway, it's my request that you add the full details of a cricket match in the sports pages.
Md. shafiquee
Karatia. Tangail.
Whither working ethics?
In Bangladesh, the new generations coming up (the future administrators) are being spoilt by changing philosophy of life, as the local leaders are morally meek to face the menace.
There is a shift of vision on work values and ethics; which are more negatively polarised. The social scientists cannot get louder than the political cacophony. Timid leadership in these changing times is sabotaging the national values. Bold and beautiful evil and ugly.
The gangsters culture is powerful behind the scenes. Misuse of power without responsibility is a dangerous weapon, and it will eventually erode the national leadership, because evil objectives
do not provide long-term protection.
Living at gunpoint and surrounded by armed gangs of miscreants is not a political or national goal. The police has lost its public motivation. The black population is rising. The wrong type of music makers join the chorus.
The society is facing the situation "Might is right"--as the only superpower is doing. It is easy to imitate. Unless the rent-seeking mentality is nipped in the bud, the cost of evil practices has to be paid in the form of VAT or value-added tax on the citizens in the long run.
These nefarious leaders are well known, but not named or tamed-for obvious reasons. The environment is not improving visibly. Today governance is based on temptation. How to separate these
two faces of politics? This punishment of the society accelerated during the last one decade--strangely, after democratic tools and methods were reintroduced after the rule of the autocrats for 15 years.
Why it did not mushroom before in the intervening period? Discreet operation. It was kept confined and almost out of sight, and insecurity to the life of the innocent people was not involved. Now even a middle-class rickshaw passenger is not safe. Neither at home nor the road.
Also, inter-city journeys have become risky on the roads and waterways.
Why deterrence cannot be enforced? The problems are not new, but multiplying.
It is not that all the mastaans are illiterate persons. No official survey figures are available, but the number of highly educated youth run into thousands, according to media analysis (erosion in the academia). The political parties are fully aware of the modus operandi.
Perhaps today it is not safe to remain in the neutral camp, where protection is not available. Why 100 percent of the citizens have to get involved in political protection and activities? The general elections are not raising the national standards. The first phase of the new governance has nothing to talk about.
Drug addiction is another longterm menace bugging the society. In some Asian nations, the death penalty works. Bangladesh is going to be controlled by gun toting drug
addicts? only recently death penalty has been imposed on the acidthrowers.
Today, Bangladesh looks leaderless at the right vertical levels, because layers or moral levels have been compromised. It seems we have to start all over again, for the third time (the previous mileposts were 1947 and 1971). No applications are invited because there is no vacancy!
Alif Bey
Dhaka
Budget without foreign aid
We express our gratitude to the top economists of the country for their valued opinion that "Budget without Foreign Aid" is not an impossibility. We believe that there is truth
in it. They have further gone to say that misappropriation to the extent of 75% of the foreign aid is done and only 25% is utilised properly. If it is so, receiving foreign aid goes against the interests of the whole nation. It has surfaced in the recent days that the givers attach so many conditions which seem to be disgraceful and tantamount to interference in the internal affairs of the country. Moreover, we have a habit of consuming ghee/butter with loan money. It is a universal truth that the giver will dictate terms to the recipient .
We may at least try to formulate our national budget without foreign aid to uphold national dignity.
Tapader Md. Khalilur Rahman Kazipara, Mirpur Dhaka.