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To the Editor...
'A fewfoolish(!) men'
My sincere thanks to the DS for doing the follow up story titled “A sacrifice and a family in trouble.” Hazrat Ali could do what we normal people don't do. He did not look the other way when armed goons tried to mug three elderly women. Instead, he decided to intervene and sacrificed his life.
This sacrifice brought only misery to his family. As the lone bread earner and guardian of a family is no more, financial insecurity of the has been lost. In our country when the guardian is absent from a family, only the sufferers know how difficult it is to live.
Hazrat Ali provided a 'good' news item for the media. Most of the media reports highlighted the news as it would help circulation. Now like the normal people they are ignoring the hardship the family is going through and may be looking for another news that might sell. As the DS has done the commendable job of following up, I earnestly hope that well-off individuals and organisations will come forward to assist the family financially.
Hazrat Ali made a "foolish” decision and sacrificed his life in a society where corrupt politicians, eve-teasers and armed muggers have the last laugh. But as long as there are a few good men like Hazrat Ali, there is hope. And more importantly, for their sacrifice we can at least collectively claim that we still have some element of humanity left in us.
Saif, Dhaka
Reducing frequency of accidents
Every day numerous road accidents are taking place in our country in which a great number of people are being killed and maimed. The fate of an affected family changes forever after the accident occurs.
We think Bangladesh must be topping the list of road accidents and day by day their number is increasing. To minimise road accidents, the government must make all out efforts. All the vehicles must be inspected to make sure that those are road worthy; fitness certificates must never be given to faulty vehicles in exchange for money; all the drivers must be subjected to driving tests before they are given driving licenses without taking any bribe. All the roads, highways, culverts and bridges must be inspected to see if those are responsible for the accidents. Overloading and over-speeding must be stopped by remaining vigilant about those. Patrol police should be on duty round the clock and their number should be increased. People also should remain alert when crossing the streets and they should use footpaths and footbridges.
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader seems to be a very efficient and sincere person. We hope and believe that he will be able to make a difference.
Nur Jahan, Chittagong
\Ne are on the same side
The recent criticism by the government high ups against Prof. Yunus's Nobel achievement reminds me of the Hindi serials. The stories are mainly based on quarrel among family members. Actually, this is the true reflection of our people's mentality. If we look back to our history, we will see that the people always created obstacle in the way of our great achievements. The British knew it very well that if they could break our unity, they could easily establish their rule in this subcontinent. Creating dispute centring personal interests was a technique of the British to divide our nation. The British left our country many years ago. But still we can not come out of this mentality. There are some achievements that the country will remember forever. Prof. Yunus' winning the Nobel peace prize is one of those. We the Bangladeshis should not say anything against him because we are on the same side. We should remember that one can not hide obe's failures by criticising others.
Jabunnaher