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TO THE EDITOR
e are proud f them
t's a matter of great honour for us hat our sporting personalities like ation's pride the table tennis queen obera Rahman Linu, the Guinness ecord holder, national cricket cap-ain Habibul Bashar and national ricket sensation Syed Ashraful have een nominated for the Unicef's pecial ambassadors.
We wish them all the success on heir new feather of responsibility nd honour.
heers!
afiqul Islam Rime
grabad, Chittagong
il price in interna-ional market
il price in international market has tarted to fall. The price of Kerosene il has fallen to $67.13 per barrel from
74.37 previously. (The daily rothom Alo, October 25, 2005)
Recently in our country, the oil rice was increased multiple times nder pressure of World Bank hough the government shows the lea of the increased price in the orld market. If the government's lea is true, the price of oil should ecrease now as the price in the nternational market has decreased nd is likely to decrease further.
The price of diesel, octane, and jet uel is also decreasing day by day in he world market. Government of angladesh is still silent about the atter. The bus fair in the city and for ifferent long routes has increased on he plea of increased oil price. Will ur government decrease the oil rice now or serve the interest of orld Bank and IMF as a local agent?
aslim Hasan (Sabu)
BA in Finance
University of Dhaka
Without a solid leader
I am an arrogant and unfortunate Bangladeshi by birth. I don't like my people but I do like the culture. I don't like the fact that we don't have any real leaders to follow. I don't understand the fact that in a small country likes ours how can we have that many so called leaders without any right leader to follow. Stupid that we are still allowing it. Most of our leaders and business entrepreneurs happen to be controversial or tinted with corruption. No wonder five times in a row we are at the top unbeaten as the most corrupt nation. Look at our neighbouring country India. I personally don't like them but it looks like I have no choice other than following them. Seriously, how many leaders and business entrepreneurs they have created? How many to name, they are all world class leaders
and entrepreneurs. They are setting an example and standard for their nations.
What do we have in our country? We have all big mouths with no productive ideas. It's been 34 years after independence, all we have achieved is the top position in corruption. Thanks to all our so called leaders for the gift and for not giving us any direction to improve. Why we as a nation have to be so miserable? Literally we are like tigers without claws. We can roar but can't bite.
Hasif Hossain
Unix System Engineer CompuCredit Corporation
245 Perimeter Center Parkway
"When agony ends in death"
I was horrified to see the October 19 story titled "When agony ends in death". It mentioned how an influen-tial person raped 13-year old Armina with the aid of his two accomplices, and then set her on fire three days later. The poor girl fought with her injuries for nearly 10 months before leaving for eternal peace. What's worse is that one of the arrested culprits was set free. Is there no justice in this country? Is it a crime to be born poor and not to be born into an influential family? How many more innocent children like Armina will be snatched away ruthlessly from their dear ones, and how many more criminals will still stay at large to commit more such heinous crimes? Oeshwik Ahmed Lalmatia, Dhaka
Vegetables dearer
I read the write up on vegetable price in your paper and to my expericences Bangladeshi people are lazy and dependent on the farmers in the villages and expect to get the produce cheap prices. In China 70 percent of the vegetables are grown in the backyard and balcony of their apartments or houses. Hey Bangladeshi, you need one or two plants of chilli to satisfy your whole family and you can grow it on your backyard or in front of your kitchen. When I was a kid, I saw my grandma did, although our village in Jessore is famous for growing green chillies for century. If you want to eat, work a little bit, not look at the sky to rain those things free.
Baz,
Canada
Traffic jam and Ramadan
Traffic jam is a common phenomenon for the commuters of Dhaka city and they have already got accustomed to it but unfortunately it
becomes unbearable during the period of Ramadan. Many factors work behind this, such as: everyone wants to return home before the Iftar, moreover, there is a rush for shopping etc. Beside this, we can easily identify another cause that is during the month of Ramadan a large number of poor people move to the Dhaka city for collecting Fetra which inevitably increases the floating population of the city and thereby aggravates the situation.
Traffic police always pledge a jam free Dhaka city before each and every Ramadan but the city dwellers actually know how empty their promise is. We want a jam free Dhaka city and for this the traffic management system should be upgraded and modernised. We don't want any lip service, what we want is "result".
Akhi and Himel
Dept of Law, DU
Corruption
Decade back when I used to visit different countries they said to me 'you are from the poorest nation' in the world. My feeling was unpleasant but I thought I am poor but not a criminal. Now a days people say 'you are from the most corrupt country' on the planet. This time I feel guilty, insulted, low esteemed -- I have nothing to reply back.
Now it is the month of Ramadan, month of self purification. Throughout the nation can we observe a meaningful corruption free week? It will involve police, tax officer, court, customs, immigration, doctors, secretariat and all other government and semigovernment offices. Let us give a sincere trial. May Allah help us in this holy month of Ramadan
Dr. MD Mozahedul Islam
Brunei, Darussalam