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And the dynasty is alive...
Everybody loves his own children. Nobody wants his child to fail.
That's why we see our parents getting worried during the exams as if they are also candidates. My dad and mom always want me to be established as a successful careerist. Every guardian does! Sometimes a dad yields his job and position for his loving son. It's natural!
But, this sort of paternal and maternal instincts get dangerous and sometimes disastrous (?) for a nation when the dads, moms and sons apply the instincts to politics. May be you guys are thinking that I'm bugging you. Definitely I'm not. I never do. Okay then, let me make it clear.
Suppose, Mr. X is the son of a prominent political leader. His dad, Mr. Y is a well known philanthropist who has done a lot of good work. He is a famous man and people really love him. But now he wants to quit and announce X as the party leader when there are other more eligible candidates in the party. Moreover, X does not seem quite eligible to have such a prestigious position. He is quite ruffled and he may misuse power. Other members also nag and yell. But Mr. Dad remains adamant. Thus, we see the bad effect of affection.
Does it necessarily mean that a politician's son must have the same leadership quality as his father ? Well, if the answer is "no", then why do we suffer from this dynasty fixation? Unfortunately, it is true that it's not a problem of a particular country.
Some people say, "Politics is a dirty game". I don't say so. Politics can be a fair and noble game if noblemen play it.
CantaraWali
Dept, of English, JU
Dengue spreads...
An English daily has headlined "Dengue spreads fast. . ." Similar reports are regularly published in The Daily Star, and many other newspapers. They all report that the life endangering disease, dengue, caused
by Aides mosquito, is alarmingly on the rise while other types of mosquitoes are also making our life hellish. At our small community at the 'K' block of Mohammadpur Pisciculture, Housing and Farming Cooperative Society, drains are not cleaned for years. When one brings this issue to the attention of the authorities of the Society either the matter is ignored or the cleaning job is done superficially. The roadside drain is refilled in no time. Another drain lying on the boundary of the Society has not been cleaned for nearly a decade, letting all kinds of weeds and wild growth to take over the dirt filled drain and its sides. The air is wafting obnoxious odour while letting the stagnant water to breed mosquitoes of all kinds. The health department of the City Corporation has many excuses for not cleaning the drain, seriously affecting the health of residents of the seven multi-storeyed buildings adjacent to the drain. The Chief of the Health Department says that the drain lies on a disputed land; hence they cannot do anything while the concerned Regional Office says that the land belongs to the Housing Authority, hence they are helpless.
Meanwhile the file is bouncing from one table to the other. When will it come to an end?
An ill fated resident
Dhaka
History rewritten
This is in response to the letter of Mr. Abir Rahman CSE, DU (DS 30 July, 2004). All history cannot be written! I have many proofs in my hand. We live in a society which holds a tradition and culture over 5, 000 years old. Man as a political animal continues to live with people of different ideologies in the same society.
St. Gregory's High School, Luxmi Bazar, and some other schools produced many stalwarts during the last one century, who participated in the nation-building activities as members and associates, from both sides of the aisle of power in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. They
know the history of major events and should present it in its purest form. Golam Ashraf
DOHS, Baridhara, Dhaka
Holding tax
You are well aware of the fact that the present Dhaka City Corpoartion administration has decided to increase the holding tax of the houses with effect from this year. The
new holding tax is fixed at 12% of the net income that will emerge after necessary deductions. The City Corporation has forgotten that there is another department in the country called "Income Tax". All the house owners in the country should pay their income tax each year regardless whether they are in Dhaka or elsewhere in the country, and there is no mercy from this 'revenue generating' department. Now, the DCC's proposal did not include the payment that the residents are required to make in income tax each year . We think the DCC should also think over this issue.
There are a few more issues that we should address. If a family in Dhaka has got a house, and they are solely dependent on the house rent ; this newly imposed holding tax is too much for them. Moreover, many people are telling that keeping only two months' rent for maintenance is not enough in this present high-priced, tight budgeted market. Also, there are many occasions where a house owner has to contribute a lot of money simply because he owns a house in the City of Dhaka.
Besides, the DCC did not take any measure to prevent the spread of dengue in the City in the recent years; the drainage system is not working - as a result Dhaka quickly sinks under rain water within half-an-hour of any type of rainfall. There are many other problems that have to be addressed.
The residents of this city are not only frustrated with the service of the DCC, they are also very much annoyed with the DCC authorities for this new tax imposed on them.
Sajjad Waheed
Dhaka
Baffling
Isn't it baffling that the country is in a state of emergency, and the prime minister is off to a summit? It makes little sense to me that at a time like this she has chosen to take a delegation of officers to have bilateral talks at the BIMST-EC Summit.
The PM said that need-assessment of the post-flood rehabilitation was being carried out and that the government would take necessary steps and seek foreign assistance based on the requirements. People are willing to help, but somehow the flood victims have to guess and see what the death toll needs to be for the government to take the necessary steps!
Anonymous
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One seat wise....
I am not an ardent supporter of any of the political parties of Bangladesh. The cause need not be elaborated. However, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) seemed to me somewhat more acceptable because of its rather weak stance. Because in our country political parties do more harm than welfare to the nation. A more powerful party means more harm to the nation. Besides, the Awami League's 'holier than all' attitude is not acceptable.
But the nation failed to vote according to their (AL's) calculation just to defeat the party in 2001. They gave the BNP a two thirds majority. The result is a more than required powerful ruling party. So, now we are to digest the harm done by this unbridled power!
The party (or the alliance) has been failed to realise the power of the people. In the July 1 by-election to Dhaka-10 seat, the ruling party resorted to large scale rigging and there is no doubt about that!
Why the BNP was so eager to have this otherwise unnecessary seat is a big question.
So it seems that the party in power may have won a single seat for losing all the seats in future!
MAS Mo Ha, BAAS, Dhaka