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To The Editor
Tourism
Reference is made to an article published in a daily newspaper.
I am an Italian Tour Operator and Travel Consultant and am touring Bangladesh since the 3rd of January and had a different welcome in St. Martin s island. I was lodged in a Guest house, recommended by the local Director of Water Disaster Department and while out for dinner, somebody entered my room, broke the lock of my luggage and took, money and credit cards, causing me to cut short my stay in the Republic and return home.
Both Police in St. Martin's and Cox's Bazar, after a week of investigation were unable to come to a positive conclusion. It appears this is not the first case of robbery along the coast, where foreign tourists are targeted.
I shall still recommend to my clients a short visit to Bangladesh but infrastructures and security are matters to be attended as an priority if a sound tourist programme is
to be developed. As a trivial example, banks in Cox's Bazar do not exchange Euro, in St. Martin's you would not find , apart from coconuts a simple fruit, such apples, orange etc. .. no money exchange, of course, no electricity, hence no fridge facilities etc.... I do not wish to comment further on other places visited.
Carlo Polla, One-mail
DU teachers
The caretaker government has shown its goodwill to the teaching conimunity by securing presidential pardon for the convicted Dhaka University teachers. We just hope that they would now return the gesture and the efforts of all others to see them released by focusing on their paid-for primary responsibilityteaching and scholarlyresearch.
Web search on their published works produces astonishingly disappointing results; it is imperative therefore that they look into it seriously, rather than trying to
styling themselves as only 'conscience'of society.
Nayeem Jafar
New York, Dhaka
EC’s role
Since the inception of the reconstructed, independent and autonomous Election Commission, it has certainly taken some successful initiatives for which it really deserves credit. At least we noware hopeful about its mission of conducting a credible election. But what fills us with apprehension is the unwanted smack of procrastination in implementing the plans in accordance with the roadmap. It seems that still the Commission is waiting for the favourable moment, instead of creating it through its own efforts.
Why does the EC appear to be hesitant while it has the legal authority to do whatever is needed to speed up the process of election? Please show the courage!
Shahid, Jhawtala
Camilla
Our postal sendee Thanks to Mr. Ihsanul Haq for his brilliant suggestion regarding improving the postal services in Bangladesh. Mr Haq perhaps does not know that we Bangladeshis earn billions of dollars working as expatriates and in this situation do we still need to hire technical experts for improving our postal services?
We use our brain to maximise corruption but if we use it to enrich our dear motherland, we can build a better Bangladesh. It is already too late for our people to think how to improve the overall situation and stop nasty politics of corruption. We should think how to provide bread, butter and jam to the poor post office employees by guiding them to improve our postal services to global standards, instead of providing them with old panta and onions.
In many cases, we have- the experience and expertise to improve our products and services, but we either aim to maximise corruption or to profiteer and send billions of dollars abroad to develop hidden wealth.
We need to change our attitude and value- orientation and stop
giving junk lectures.
So. will the adviser concerned be kind enough to consider improving our postal services?
Ruhul A. Chowdhury Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Of sledging and bullying
It appears that the Indian Cricket Board is intent on exercising the same control outside the field as Australian players are exercising inside. Moreover, their methods of doing so are surprisingly similar. Much sympathy has been spared for India after a few umpiring mistakes cost them dearly. The Australian squad has been chastised for their on-field antics and their furious desire to win at all costs. They were also imprudent not to defuse on field tensions between themselves. But what the Indian Board and players did aftefe the Test just revealed that maybe the ICC is not cricket’s supreme authority after all.
Sack Buckner and Benson because of wrong umpiring decisions? Well. I agree that Sydney was not their greatest moment. But what were they implying by their
claims? If they thought Buckner was too old to stand over Test matches, they did not object at the beginning of the Test. So, were they claiming that Buckner was partisan? That umpiring mistakes were not part of the game? Not only is that a serious accusation on a cricket's eminent personality, but that harmed cricket as a whole. Even that is eclipsed by their threat to boycott the series unless their demands were complied with. Come on, look at Bangladesh. Since the beginning, our quest for respect from the cricket elite has been derailed by umpiring decisions which have gone almost always against us. Ifwe protested in the same manner, we could not have completed any series or any umpire of the ICC's elite panel could not have presided over our Test matches. Nevertheless, we have complied with everything, knowing that! it was just another ; effect of being cricket’s minnows, demonstrating true cricketing spirit. We may have a lot to learn from Indian batting maestros, but they could learn sportsmanship from us.
The ICC as usual bent to BCCTs appeal, though appearing stern at
first This is not the first time it has happened as during the last World Cup, they surrendered to Indian advertising desires. It is a fact that most of cricket's viewers are from India. However, that should not mean that they should be able to bend cricket's rules!
1 should make it clear that 1 am not expressing solidarity with the Aussies. But India's stance on the Sydney Test match just demonstrated that they were determined to match the Australians in....
AnanyaDas
EastRajarbagh, Bashaboo, Dhaka
Criminals at work!
I would like to draw your kind attention to the danger that I faced a few days ago.
Place: In front of Noakhali Sadar Sub-register Office (Land).
Date: 07/02/2008 (Thursday). Time: about 4-30pm.
•I had a land registration on that day. After completing the registration when I was leaving that place some criminals blocked me in front of the office and asked for donation saying that they had taken the land on lease from the government office concerned, and nobody would help me if they
murdered me there, if I did not accept theirdemand.
As a law-abiding man I started bargaining with them, but 1 could not see any law enforcing personnel around, though all the important offices of the district headquarters were situated there!
I hope the authorities concerned will take note of the incident.
A citizen
On e-mail
AL’s decision
We are pleased to hear that the AL is going to begin talks with other parties to form an electoral alliance like the previous "Moha Oikkyo Jote". We are also happy to note • that this time theAL is not entering into any electoral alliance with Dr. Kamal's Gono Forum or with the fundamentalist parties.
We support the decision to keep Dr. Kamal Hussain awayfrorrt theAL.
He has begged "forgiveness" for his association with Sk. Hasina. So, no true AL well-wisher would like to see him in any alliance with the party.
A Freedom Fighter On e-mail