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Let's abhor this politics
Politics or political culture obviously varies from country to country and from time to time. This would be perfectly workable as long as the purpose or the mission, both hidden and avowed, articulated by the politicians, by and large, reflects the opinion or aspiration of the majority.
How does this fit into our environment? Take the example of Jan 5 elections. Does the outcome reflect the opinion of the majority? The comments made by some of the politicians following the elections are simply untrue. My humble observation is most of our politicians are simply devoid of minimum ethical standard. Lying or distorting the facts is both legally and ethically unacceptable. Does politics, as nurtured by our politicians in general, teach us how skillfully one can tell lies or distort facts to one's advantage? If that is the case, let us abhor the politics of our country. Anonymous On e-mail
Zafar Iqbal's position on Ian 5 polls
The news titled 'Zafar Iqbal slams media' frustrated me a lot as he came down heavily on a section of the media for their stand against holding the 10th parliamentary elections amid a boycott by the main opposition party. He said that the news organisations along with the civil society members had talked about the importance of deferring the January 5 polls and holding dialogue among the rival political parties but nobody was saying that violence had to be stopped immediately. His complaint is completely baseless as these news organisations always published the pictures of violence and condemned these gruesome acts heavily and urged the opposition and ruling parties to stop the subversive activities. These organisations and civil society think tanks realised that the main reason of violence was the January 5 election. So they took stance against it. How will you disagree on this point? Violence will increase after this election. Sir, I respect you a lot but your position in favour of this ridiculous election has disheartened me.
Jwel Hasan
Kishoreganj
Punishing students physically
lamaformer teacher of Mastermind School, Dhaka. Recently I read a touching article by Sir Frank Peters in a national daily on the subject. I think it still requires dedication and thorough work to abolish corporal punishment from our schools.
I remember the day when my colleagues and I were given a piece of paper stating that giving corporal punishment to the students would be considered a criminal act. I believe the papers, distributed on behalf of the Bangladesh government, were the result of Sir Frank's good work and the news made every student happy. Corporal punishment is an act of terrorism in the classroom. It snatches a child's precious dignity and self-esteem.
On behalf of all school pupils, I offer Sir Frank my heartfelt gratitude for making available the information he has for the benefit of both pupils and teachers.
Dilruba Nasrin
Banani, Dhaka
Comments on news report, "Polls disappointing," published on January 07, 2014
Ash C.
This is exactly what Sheikh Hasina had been parroting: It's constitutional requirement! And the end result?
Zman7
Oh dear, you seem to have forgotten to watch your "clock and calendar”. Well, PM Hasina and India may have said something identical, but who said it first? I think it is the PM of Bangladesh and then our tested friend-cum-big-brother India.
A. Khan
USA, UK and Canada are our good friends. They have always been beside us and helped us in our need. Even though they are far away on the other side of the earth, they are so close to us and treat us more friendly than the country next to us. They don't kill our democracy and our Felani, rather they help us to make a living. They have given us a big market for garment products.
Aasfisarwar
A true election is a day that comes every 5 years where people feel like king. This has been hijacked, molested and tortured by AL, EC and Khairul Haq. Disappointing indeed!
S.M. Iftekhar Ahmed
Yet the government remains indifferent.