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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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'Hirok Raj ar Deshe'
Many of the readers must have watched the movie "Hirok Rajar Deshe" by the famous Indian movie maker Satyajit Ray. In reality there exists such a country, where real life incidents far exceeds the fiction shown in the movie. In this country, people are made to disappear without leaving any traces behind; here people are slaughtered in broad daylight and shown on television.
To add to this list, buildings are made to collapse killing hundreds of people, while the owner of the building lives in the comfort and protection of the government. Subordinates kill their superiors. Men kill their spouses and children. Innocents are made to suffer leaving the masterminds out of the purview of law.
Journalists are killed when they disclose or attempt to disclose the evil designs of the regimes in power and killers are never brought to book. Monarchy reigns in the name of democracy and the monarchs are two ladies and this country is no other than our dear motherland Bangladesh.
Saleh Mohammad Ayub
Houston, Texas, USA
Companies should better their CSR profile
Recently I learnt about a frustrating survey report from this daily that only 16 percent of private companies in Bangladesh are contributing to social development through their corporate social responsibility activities. We know that building good company-image is a desired objective for a company for ensuring its business growth. CSR activities help the company to build that sort of image in customers' mind. So expenditures for CSR activities should be treated by the company authority as an investment.
However, it is somewhat encouraging that 46 percent of the surveyed companies mentioned that CSR and compliance would increase their business opportunities. It is also undeniable that private companies coming forward to reduce unemployment through their CSR activities could boost the country's development.
We are happy to know that some 280 informal companies and 20 formal companies are collaborating with a project implemented by Save the Children - Bangladesh to combat child labour through CSR in Bangladesh. We hope all business houses in Bangladesh will carry out their due social corporate responsibilities. We also hope that the government would remove the loopholes in the existing laws in this regard.
MobarakAli
Gopibagh, Dhaka
Bangladesh should opt for solar power
Bangladesh has taken initiatives to import power from India through Rampal project. Bangladesh is also seeking Russian help in building a nuclear power plant. The country should focus on solar energy, which its neighbour India is tapping. It can seek Indian help in solar power. Except during monsoon, Bangladesh is blessed with sunshine. The government can formulate suitable policies to utilize solar power which is a clean source of energy. Another Asian country Indonesia is also serious on solar energy. In Indian states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, solar power is used to run televisions and charging mobile phones. If power is available, it will also help in educating people. People in villages where no power is available do not send their children to schools as children cannot study in the dark.
Deendayal M. Lulla
Mumbai, India