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TO THE EDITOR
On the verge of losing temper!
Firstly, I offer my condolence to the families of the five killed in the Habiganj bomb blast. Mr. Kibria was an asset to the country and it is indeed sad to lose him in such a manner.
This type of heinous crime is nothing new--starting from the previous AL regime and still it's going on. The attackers are for sure not from the AL or the BNP, then why cannot the government find them out and bring them to justice? It has been over six months since the grenade attack on the AL chief, but still the government has no clue whatsoever. FBI came, so did Interpol but what is the result? What will two or three FBI agents do? It is virtually impossible to solve this problem without the government's willingness and copperation. If the government is serious enough, why
Bangla Bhai is not arrested, despite repeated orders from the prime minister? Is it that a small group of fundamentalists have become more powerful than the government, or is it that there are some people in the government who support these fanatics? What did Rab do to find out the August 21 attackers and what are they doing now to find the criminals? The basic point is that, nothing is possible without proper and responsible governance. Neither, the Rab nor the FBI can do anything unless and until the government is serious about it.
What more is needed to wake this government up ? As a society we cannot afford to lose more Kibrias like this. We cannot let a small group of fundamentalists kill our democracy. These fanatics have no limits but we the common people do. The civil society showed its anger and disappointment when thousands joined hands with Ms. Asma Kibria
on Feb 4. Is it not enough for the government to realise how annoyed the people of the country are? It seems the answer is no, when we see our honourable LGRD minister saying things like Awami League will not get more than 40 seats next time. The way Awami League MPs are being killed, I totally agree with the minister.
We, the common people of the country, have had enough of this and now we want serious and determined steps from the government.
Lastly, I would like to write something in reply to what Mr. Wasiuddin Khan wrote on Feb 8. Mr. Khan said the AL was adopting different unfair means to topple the government and it was not easy to topple a government with two-thirds majority. I would like to ask him, what will the Awami League do when its leaders are being killed one after another?
Absurd
I found Mr. Kabir Mia's letter to be absurd. One wonders if Mr. Mia even read the article in question. He calls Ms. Griswold's article error-filled, but does not specify what errors were made, or what facts are wrong.
Is Bangla Bhai not a serious concern? Is poverty not a problem in the north-west? Are minorities not being persecuted? And is law-and-order not deteriorating by the day? All these things Mr. Griswold covered in her much maligned article.
Those of us who have been reading this newspaper and others were not surprised by this.
Niraj Agarwalla
On e-mail
A talented actress
I refer to your article on Shomi Kaiser, which appeared in the online version of your daily on Monday, February 7.
I had heard about her from various online showbiz journals and didn't really pay too much attention until I read in your article that she is from the same district as I am. It's not often you hear any (good) news from Noakhali. In fact, more often then not, there's nothing to report at all and when there is, it's usually about unscrupulous politicians, high levels of crop damage during the floods, what the local mastans are up to, or diarrhoea outbreaks.
It's therefore pleasing to hear news that a fellow "Noakhalia" is revered as one of the prettiest and most talented of all the actresses in our country.
Abdul M Ismail
On e-mail
They should remain
informed
Early morning during breakfast, I tune to my TV for news, immediately after returning from work watch news during late lunch. Before going to bed another update always I look forward to.
This is a general trend among majority human beings out of a passion to remain updated with things happening around them. I am an ordinary person, work to live and raise my children.
The speaker of the parliament, certainly not an ordinary man, didn't bother to update himself before going to bed. 'Speaker the third personality', 'an institution' did not have the mechanism or system to get to know any important things happening around or related to his institution.
Big brother?
My heart aches, how nicely Dhaka was decorated for the Saarc summit! Suddenly, India refused to join the summit and surprisingly Mr. Samad Azad, the elderly AL leader, has appreciated the decision of India. I'm hurt!
Is there any country where there is no terrorist? And is there any country where no political assassination had taken place? In India, both Indira Gandhi and her son Rajeev Gandhi were killed. In Sri Lanka, President Premadasa was killed in a bomb explosion. Why don't we talk about the US? US presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy were assassinated. But no international confer-
ence gets stopped for the killing as it has been stopped now here in Bangladesh.
India has raised the issue of security and deteriorating political situation of Bangladesh, but Bangladesh took all safety measures for the guests. All the other representatives were ready to come, except the Indians.
China is a far more progressive country than India. But the Chinese PM has no problem visiting our country, he did not show any lame excuse. Actually the problem is, despite being a small country, Bangladesh is the pioneer of Saarc, and this causes pain to some peo-ple(?). After all, everybody wants to be the boss!
An unhappy citizen
On e-mail