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To the Editor
Constitution
I watched BBC Songlap on 10 May, 2008. There was a discussion on Article 70 of our constitution. We know that Article 70 is very important. It is Anti Defection Law.
Article 70 is concerned about "Vacation of Seat on registration". It is stated in Article 70 that the seat of a person, elected as a member of parliament by election in which he was nominated on behalf a political party, will be vacant if he votes against his party'. Il is noticeable that the leader or prime minister has exclusive power over the members of his party. S/he can
exercise this power whenever she wants.
From overall discussion, we can say that Article 70 of our constitution should be amended but not totally abolished. If Article 70 is totally abolished, then we may not have a stable government Mohammad Rayhan Uddin Department of Law Premier University, Chittagong
Nepal
Such a day comes but once in a century. There were the triumphant chants of the jubilant crowd cheering "GONOTANTRA
ZINDABAD". A dream that came true— "The Republic of Nepal
It is a great event in the history of Nepal.
SandarvaGiri
Nepal Student Society, Dhaka
Tales of power
Realities of power aside; people in power have the power to tell tail tales of power, despite the frontpage report of your correspondent on JunelO titled "Power sector ignored"! How can it be ignored with such a nice tale being told! Imagination and power of tall talcs have not been ignored, as evident from your correspondent's report.
The first tale is about "power shortfall"; the tale is ofonly 900MW average shortage; the reality around 2,000MW--2.2 times higher than the tale told! Do we know that the tale is probably based on daytime data when power demand is low and in any case most industries generate their own reliable and quality power with PDB on standby only!
The next tale is gas based, the word used is meeting "emergency" (?)! Is it emergency or just normal consumer demand? The climax is "shortage of gas".
There lies the tail in the tale! Generation has increased by 318MW. as told in the talc. Facts of life are that the frequency and duration of load shedding has doubled, since the CTG took over power, with grandiose talks and promises of better power availability! The culprit, or villain in the tale is "inadequate gas supply"-- a nice way to pass the buck on! Or is it "inadequate well-head gas compression facility" to overcome the reducing gas flow, due to inadequate well-head pressure. Will the powers to be, clarify this fact of life or is it a state secret?
The third tale- claims of four private power projects of 450MW capacity being built to come on stream by end December 2010. Also, three public sector units of 380MW capacity! The tail according to the Ministry of Power is: "no private power projects is being built"! The Power Cell is now conducting tenders for two 450MW projects, and is far from awarding contracts", as reported! So, in two and a half years from now in December 2010 , will the teller of tales be there to wave his "magic •^vana'? • ?'r' *
Another tale is: 43 percent of our
population enjoys electricity facility.
The tail of this tale is that never "full time, only "part time"! May be twelve hours out of twenty four, if very lucky! Part-time power supply covers part of the daylight hours, and very little between 6:00 to 9:00pm; when most needed! After dusk, private residences and shops have to generate their own power, or fall back on UPS to meet only a part of their needs.
I will now conclude with the final tail of the tale, quoting Shakespeare's lines from Hamlet": "It's a talc, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing!"
Tale critic
Dhaka
Bangladeshis in Bahrain
We have been hearing news pouring in of the plight of Bangladeshis in Bahrain. Many of us have our relatives and friends as engineers, doctors, or teachers who have been residing in Bahrain for more than fifteen years. Bahrain does not have the expertise that Bangladesh has and, therefore, recruits profession als from our country who have contributed immensely to the development of Bahrain. What strikes me most are the abuses they are nowadays hurling on our professionals which are against human rights. For example, "You are a Bangladeshi. So you are a killer." The fact is that there are murderers and criminals in every country. The law and order will deal with those lawbreakers. However, if you see a black crow, you cannot assume that all crows are black. Once, Mr. Gaddafi had a sour relationship with the white leadership and he went retorting that all French books must be burnt. The hazards that the innocent Bangladeshis are facing now must be handled peacefully and efficiently by the Bahrain government. Also, our government should extend its helping hand to resolve this problem.
Nasreen Rahman Uttara, Dhaka
Crime and punishment
Many years ago in the USA a man
executed on murder charges. But
the man was not involved in that murder and his family knew about his innocence. However, after a long time when his children became adults, they appealed to the court for retrial of the case. Their appeal was accepted and the case was reviewed. After long hearing and re-examination the court foundhim '"NOTGU1LTY".
When this Not Guilty verdict was pronounced the family requested the court to place an official placard on the man’s grave saying that the man was innocent and he was wrongly executed. Accordingly, the court ordered the government to implement it and it was followed.
Here in our country if a criminal is dead his name is dropped from the list of the accused. I put some examples-- Khondaker Mustaque Ahmed, the mastermind behind jail killings. He plotted to kill the father of the nation. Some killers of Bangabandhu are dead, their names have been dropped from the list of under trial accused. I believe, this is not correct.
A man who committed crimes against humanity, betrayed the nation, should not go unpunished. I believe they should not be dropped, they should remain as co accused, tried along with the living ones. If found guilty a placard should be placed on their graves to give massage to others that one cannot escape justice even after death. If there is no such law in our country, we should make one to deter people from committing such heinous crimes.
Shafiqul Islam
One-mail
Habiganj -Hialaroad
The demand for the proposed Habiganj - Sujatpur road via Hiala and Ikram Bazar is a longstanding. During the tenure of the BNP and the AL government the road was started but for unknown reasons it was left half done. But the present CTG was kind enough to start building the proposed road which raised our hopes. But during my last visit to my own village Hiala Shaheb Bari in March 2008, I saw that there was none to look after the works of the Habigonj -Hiala road.
So, I would request the LGED to kindlylook into the matter. Peerzada Syed Rofiqul Hussain HialaShahebBari. Habiganj
Open biotechnology division
Recently agricultural experts urged the government to set up a biotechnology division to boost agricultural research with a view to enhancing food security in both quantity and quality. This suggestion was made in the inaugural session of a two-day 'International Biotechnology Conference' held at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) which was presided over by Dr. M A Razzaque, Executive Chairman, BARC and attended among others by eminent agricultural scientist Dr. Kazi M Badruddoza as the chief guest.
There is no doubt that biotechnology research can bring a revolu-
tionary improvement in our crop production and food security. It may be mentioned here that the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka has already set up a separate department of biotechnology. Now the proposal for setting up a Biotechnology Division is quite logical and appropriate in the present context.
Professor M Zahidul Haque Chairman
Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Dhaka
Population
Population is a great resource to any country like land, oil and gold.
There is a misconception that the huge population that we have is a burden but I would like to differ, as I consider manpower as our prime asset. If we can educate a large segment of this population and can employ them by training, then they will never be a burden, rather they will be converted into the biggest asset. And for the development of the country, full participation of women in the economic activities is needed.
They have already proved their efficiency. We have thirty crore hands of fifteen crore people and we will have to train up all those hands for our own good.
A K M Anisul Haque Department of English Metropolitan University Sylhet