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TO THE EDITOR
Building collapse
Building collapse has regularly been taking place in Bangladesh and causing lots of casualties, like the one at Savar on 11 April 2005. It is interesting to see some common developments immediately after this type of incidents i.e. formation of an investigation committee. But the efficiency of these committees is always questionable. Things are going wrong in many areas. Most importantly, we need rules, regulations and their strong enforcement to guide such building constructions at the very beginning. For the existing ones, authorities should identify those buildings that are in very bad condition and take appropriate measures to demolish them with proper compensation. Instead of blaming the garment factory owners as responsible for the incidents, the authorities should take appropriate measures so that we do not lose any more lives in future.
M Harunur Rashid Meer
NTU, Singapore
Ban student politics
I completely say 'yes' with Cantara Wali, for her letter captioned "Ban student politics" that was published in The Daily Star. Student politics is something where students play the main role. It exists in a vibrant form. But we can't claim that it is on the right track. Indeed, student politics played a vital role in all progressive movements. In 1952 and 1971 students saved our language and motherland.
But the current state of student politics is extremely frustrating. Things may improve only if brilliant students join politics.
Md Toufiqur Rahman Rothkola, Kishoreganj
We expect rational actions
The news item published in The Daily Star on April 27, 2005 "Opposition plans to match the '96 agitation," has upset us and it is a sign of turbulent days ahead.
It has been disclosed that the mainstream opposition parties are planning to launch street agitation to match 1996 agitation programmes. We have become tired of all these activities and want some respite. The four party alliance government's tenure is almost at the end; so why can't they be a bit patient?
By announcing these sorts of agitation programmes the opposition is doing more harm than good to itself. Because people have begun to think that the opposition must have realised that in a free and fair election they have no chance to win so they must resort to other ways to topple the government . But they are making a mistake. People are not with them on this undemocratic policy.
The opposition must try to win the hearts and minds of the people and that is the only way by which they could achieve their goal.
Nur Jahan, Chittagong
In response to "Nagorik"
The fundamental structure that holds together the entire human civilisation is the structure of family. If homosexuality were not a disease then it would have been part of this age-old family structure. How do you homosexuals plan to raise a family? Before you go on to defend your sexuality by hinting adoption, what right do you have to deprive a child from a normal family (a father and a mother). Same sex couples are not the social or natural norm. Influence of a male and female parent is vital for the development of a child.
If you are a believer of any faith, fear your Lord as He has forbidden it with His unlimited wisdom. Rigged judgement of WHO or any other human organisation is irrelevant.
If you are not a believer, then show me how homosexuals will breed to sustain a social structure for generations to come. Your natural inability to do so is itself a wish of nature that you should perish.
You need no homosexual rights, you need help.
Syed Rubaiyat
Melbourne, Australia
EU resolution
I would like to express my views on the European Union Parliament's recent resolution on the situation in Bangladesh as to why should it matter to us. European Union is one of the most influential international organisations in the present world politics. No other regional body has such an extensive co-operation as well as almost state like institutions like the EU. It has its own currency as well as its Central Bank.
It has a common single market with an overall market output that is 20-times more than the US, Canada an Mexico (NAFTA) combined. It has its own policy initiation body and a legislature, and it has the European Court of Justice, which is the ultimate appeal court of all the EU member states. It provides for a common platform of European nations.
The tie those member states have between them and the organisational obligations member states take upon entry are tantamount to compromising certain economic and political sovereignty of the states. For example in the UK where the common law had been holding parliament as the only sovereign body for centuries, now it is understood that laws passed in the parliament cannot ever be in conflict with the EU treaty obligations, and if it does than those laws would be null and void. If the EU is not a state as a single body, it is a ''super-state'' much like a large federation. So when one talks about the EU, one has to take these very subtle and significant issues into consideration.
And for developing countries such as ours, it is a rather big potential in economic terms. The resolutions, which the EU parliament passes, are of enormous persuasive value for the 25 member states' policy makers. Considering all these, one cannot simply state that the recent resolution passed in the EU parliament on 'the situation in Bangladesh' can be side-stepped and ignored.
It is certainly true that the resolutions, which the EU parliament passes, cannot be enforced anywhere outside Europe, and has almost no direct legal implication under International Law. However, it is also true that even UN General Assembly's resolutions are analogous to the EU resolutions; they are not binding on any country.
The EU resolution in this case simply suggests that they are only anxious as to the situation in Bangladesh. But does it then mean that, we, only for arrogance's sake, ought to turn a blind eye on it? I doubt we can afford to.
International politics requires us to make friends, and not disown them.
Chowdhoury Mohibul Hassan London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
Irony of fate!
A Danish author's fairy tale, The Emperor's New Clothes came handy to epitomise the political ugliness and sycophancy in many countries, old and new. But this time we find an Emperor, who has really no clothes per se, his picture in underwear drawing attention world wide. Yes, I am talking about Saddam Hussein.
His marvellous statues used to glorify the landscape of Baghdad.
Situation has changed. Now his picture in underwear is not amusing anybody. Is he a pure victim? Are we just watching world wide phenomenon where all the universally accepted norms and conventions are withering away? Or is the Providence acting in a mysterious way using him as a bad example?
Our world is still full of Saddams and Udays and Qusays. Is there any lesson to be learned from them? The arrogance of power and prestige can be dangerously deceiving. It is just happening in front of our own eyes.
M.A.Islam, US