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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Ekushey Book Fair: Business should be competitive
While buying books at the Amor Ekushey Book Fair 2014, I came to know that the private publishers have been strictly instructed by the Bangla Academy not to offer customers more than 25% commission, while Bangla Academy itself is offering 30% commission on its own publications. I personally think that private publishers should be allowed to do business through open competition so that they can provide us books at a reasonable and cheaper price. I urge the authorities concerned to take necessary measures as well to remove any unhealthy competition by publishers.
Nahida Farhana
Teacher
London-Bridge International School
Jurain, Dhaka
Serious sound pollution at
DU
Dhaka University campus is a perfect place for any kind of social or cultural activities. Various cultural programmes are organised here with the purpose of unifying people of different opinions and groups. But there are also programmes that take place frequently atTSC creating loud noise around the area. Students cannot concentrate on their study because of this noise. Particularly during exams the sound from these programmes becomes unbearable. It is very important that the university authorities formulate a law to regulate the types of programmes that can be held on the campus. And there must be some restrictions on the use of loudspeakers.
Snawara Shimul Dhaka University
Small changes that give us hope
In an immediate reaction to the 10-truck arms case verdict, the BNP and Jammat said it was a politically motivated judgment and that they didn't get justice. Although BNP condemned the verdict, their protest was peaceful. And Jamaat observed a day of hartal without any devastating activities. It was a great relief for us that the reaction wasn't like the way they behaved in the past several months. I think there is a little change in their understanding and hope all the political parties will remember that at the end of the day it's the people who decide to whom they will give power to run the country.
Tanim Iqbal
Mohammadpur
Dhaka