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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Registering BNF: EC should be circumspect The longer the process of registering the Bangladesh Nationalist Front takes, the more suspicious it appears. While there is debate over whether a similar party symbol was requested, the name, initials and advertisements of the BNF seem to be designed only for the purpose of creating confusion among voters and splitting the number of legitimate BNP votes in an election which in turn would benefit the AL. The granting of additional extensions to the BNF to meet registration criteria by an EC that has not always shown an ability or willingness to stand up to the government, adds to this perception. In order to protect voters and prove that it is a legitimate attempt to launch a new party, the EC must request the BNF change its name, perhaps to the National Front of Bangladesh (NFB) or simply National Front (NF). If they refuse this request their registration should be denied.
Neil Taylor
On e-mail
Killing sacrificial animals before children
During Eid-ul-Azha I always have mixed feelings as I suffer terribly when I see that animals are being slaughtered in a festive mood right in front of our children. Even the young madrasa students help in slaughtering sacrificial animals. These slaughtering is done in open places where people can watch. I just wonder if we ever studied the impact of such slaughtering on our children's psyche. Such slaughtering should be done after making sure no child is watching. We should be sensitive to our children if we want them to be better humans.
Dr. Md. Kamrul Hassan
Professor
Department of Physics Dhaka University
No power at
Sundarbans1 cost
In no way we should take any decision destructive to the world's largest mangrove forest - the Sundarbans. We need electricity but not by damaging our forests, rivers and ecosystem. Our rivers, forests and hills are already under threat due to the greed of land grabbers and developers who work in collaboration with a few corrupt government officials. The only one we are left with is the Sundarbans. Now if it is damaged in the name of producing electricity, then definitely our existence will be under threat.
M. A. Razzaq Kalabagan, Dhaka
Comments on news report, "Sundarbans threatened," published on October 13, 2013
Vikram Khan
Greed, greed, greed, greed...
Sadsada
We need to beg more to the UN for environmental funding—our country is like the beggar in front of a Friday mosque, who has the physical capacity to work but no mental impetus to do so.
Alekanda
Influential politicians are looting the land near the Sundarbans. These selfish, shameless and greedy looters are also behind the establishment of Rampal Project. Shame on you, looters! Are we living in an autocratic country?
Fardeen
By playing with our national interest India is making a big mistake.
Shahin Huq
Such ecological destruction is perhaps possible only by Awami League. And most probably only the intellectuals affiliated with the party can remain quiet and complicit with such devastation. Sad for Bangladesh.
Dewan Jaglul
Carry on, you myopic greedy people and your worthless government. It should not be hard to eliminate the forest and its animal habitats so that nothing except its name remains such as in the cases of Kalabagan, Kathalbagan, and so on. The future generation may then say, "Perhaps, there used to be a forest here once."
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"Hanif 'removed1" (October 13, 2013)
Hafeejul Alam
It's an internal affair of Awami League or is it? I don't know if the prime minister had very compelling reason to select this person as joint secretary general. Any layman would say that both the secretary general and the joint secretaty general of AL are no match for their counterparts in BNP.
Saleh Tanveer
For all the show of fealty to the queen over the years, one transgression is a bit too much for her! Such is the state of our despotic 'democracy'.