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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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A ray of hope
Without any doubt, this is the best news of the year that Obama and Rouhani were finding a common link of shared politeness over the phone. All of us around the world can now heave a sigh of relief. Hopefully, from this small beginning, good political relationship between USA and Iran will blossom. May the ray of optimism shine on our world with no bitterness between the two nations and all across the globe!
Engr. S. A. Mansoor
Dhaka
Stalemate halts
admission in JU
Jahangirnagar University has long been facing a deep crisis over the resignation of the VC. A large section of teachers have been protesting demanding the VC's resignation for the last few months. The upcoming admission test for the session 2013-14, due to be held in November, is now uncertain due to the teachers’ movement. The central admission test conduct committee could not take any decision about admission tests in the last five meetings due to the absence of most of the deans and chairmen. The applicants are going to suffer advance session jam before taking admission. The confrontational situation between the VC and the agitating teachers has brought the academic activities to a halt. We, the JU family, want a permanent solution to the ongoing crisis.
Kamran Siddiqui
President
Jahangirnagar University Journalists' Association
Throw the book at home aid tormentors
It was difficult to hold back tears when I was watching the shocking story of Aduri on television. Special measures should be taken to stop this type of crime. In most of the cases, the accused housewife is arrested and sent to court. The learned court gives punishment after trial. In the mean time, people forget the incident. Some people think that new law should be enacted to give exemplary punishment to the perpetrator within a short specified time. This will stop domestic violence to some degree. The media can play a significant role in building social awareness against domestic violence.
Md Moniruzzaman
PhD candidate
University of Birmingham, UK
Tutorials on Internet
Tofazzal Hossain deserves special thanks for introducing us to the Khan Academy through his letter dated 18.9.13. I have visited this site on YouTube and found the lectures extremely interesting and informative which is a boon to most school and college students all over the world. It is mentioned in the introduction that India has the largest number of users after the US which is not surprising as most Indian students are quite proficient in English. However, the situation is very different in this country. Except for English medium students, the site will be of little or no use to the vast majority of Bangla medium students of the present generation as they would be unable to follow and understand the instructions of the tutorials given in English.
S. Ahmed
Gulshan, Dhaka