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To the Editor
Bangla Bhai
I have carefully gone through your report on Bangla Bhai published on 27, January 2005.
I am angry and sad. It has been several months since this demon Bangla Bhai has been treading on the sacred soil of Bangladesh. Twice more frustrating is the fact that senior members of the Administration, including two of the important ministers, have issued statements in this regard which turned out to have no substance.
Clearly, people of considerable authority in the government are protecting Bangla Bhai. Do these people realize that such acts have long-term ramifications and at some point may even jeopardize the very existence of this Nation? Besides, this very Bangla Bhai may turn out to be their Frankenstein. It is not an issue for this government alone, it is a universal and timeless one. This is
a killer virus in the society. It challenges the very principles over which our nation stands. Bangla Bhais anywhere in the world are enemies of the human race.
The government is elated about its elite force Rab and its exploits of eliminating "known terrorists" through what is now popularly known as "crossfires". I wonder what is preventing it from going into action in this instance. If reporters of the dailies have access to Bangla Bhai and are able to interview him, how come our super boys of the police and the home ministry are unable to find him?
If Bangla Bhai and his kind are allowed to commit their heinous acts we shall not need external or any other "forces" to damage the image of our country. It is this kind of insensible behaviour in many Muslim majority states which creates the opportunities for the powerful and rogue states to interfere in our
internal affairs.
Shamsher Chowdhury
Dhaka
We need Rab
This is in response to the 'concern' of all those worried people from home and mostly from abroad, who are leaving no stone unturned to diminish the good work done by Rab. For those who are living in a 'saner world' and expressing their views, the only thing I can say is 'come home and comment.'
When a common man dies or a garments worker is violated, it is just news. But when some criminal with a track record of numerous charges of murder, rape, torture is killed by some agency it is big news and all our brothers living in the 'civilized world ' are so concerned.
For those who are from Bangladesh, some of them may have
their 'reasons'. But ignorance is not a blessing.
One of the vernacular dailies tried to picture Moffakar , the mastermind of numerous cold blooded murders as a revolutionist. When BBC English service was struggling to cover the news of Tsunami and even violence in Iraq was getting a slim slot, our BBC Bangla service religiously continued their tirade against Rab. It seemed one or two 'teachers' or 'journalists' were getting murdered every day by Rab.
Reviewing the performance of Rab, one can be assured that the innocent 'Munna' (of concerned citizen ) has nothing to be afraid of, rather the criminal Munna should count his days.
Saif
Dhaka
Deadly attack on
Awami League
The January 27 news of the
deadly attack on the Awami
League convention at Habiganj
and death of SAMS Kibria and others was most unfortunate, but not unexpected. The trend which has been going on in Bangladesh for the last one year was an indication of this and other similar type of horrendous activities. Bangladesh has great history of tolerance. Since the killing on Oct 31, 2003 of Shah Alam, an
Ahmadiyya, at Raghunathpur in Jessore, only because he was an Ahmadiyya Muslim, the Bangladesh embassy officials in the United States were contacted in Nov 2003. Having no positive response from the officials here in the US, We contacted the Bangladesh government high officials in Dhaka through faxes, letters . But all these officials turned a deaf ear
and never acknowledged and responded to our concern. Of course we were concerned about the violent death of our
Ahmadiyya brother but we showed our anxiety for the future events which may take place in Bangladesh. The example of Pakistan was already there, which has been hijacked by terrorists though they have made their constitution fully "Islamic". We approached our government officials to make our feelings known to all those working for the rights of people. The problem is that the fanatic groups are
following a policy which is far from human , let alone religious.
We hope that truth and justice shall prevail in Bangladesh.
Zinda Mahmood Bajwa
New York, US
Tigers!
Yes, they have fought back like real tigers. They wiped out the 0-2 deficit in great style. The cricket fans saw some high class batting when young Aftab Ahmed and the seasoned warlord Rafique gave a demonstration of stroke play. We are elated.
But then we should not be too confident. Bangladesh have to go a long way before we can consolidate our position. The series win against Zimbabwe should give the boys enough confidence to face stronger sides in future. I am sure they will live up to our expectations.
A fan
Dhaka
Shocked
The news I found today is shocking and I don't have any words to express my feeling. I am not an Awami league or BNP supporter.
I was unable to fight the anarchy (my view), since I didn't gather the
quality to be a sustained good leader and flew to another country. I am hoping that there will be a good leader and he will lead the process of recovery from the present crisis. I don't know when it will happen- may be in my lifetime or the next generation (if we are willing to pay the price - sacrifice!). I am not sure that the present government got the wake up call from this incident. If it didn't, then we may have to prepare ourselves for even worse days.
Enam, On e-mail
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