It has been more than one and a half years that the gruesome killing of the journalist couple Sagar- Runi has taken place. The whole nation was in great shock after the couple's murder in their own apartment. But as time passed we overcame the trauma and unless it's their death anniversary or some seminar on journalists' rights, we do not make much reference to them anymore. The law enforcement agencies that boldly claimed to be making progress in finding the killers right after the couple's death have failed miserably. Is the Sagar-Runi murder going to be another unsolved crime that our law enforcement agencies can not figure out?

And what about the disappearance of former lawmaker and BNP organising secretary Ilias Ali? He's gone missing for over a year now, and there hasn't been any progress in his case either. There was chaos and repeated strikes called by the opposition party right after his disappearance; but then dust gathered on the case. Now, I'm not saying that BNP should be calling more strikes, but shouldn't this be a wake-up call for the power players of our country to make a more effective and accountable legal system? Instead of playing the blame game, BNP and the government should have cooperated when the unfortunate events happened.

Jean Zinath

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