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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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'Gunde' distorts history
The Hindi film 'Gunde' has aroused huge controversy. It is a complete distortion of the historical facts of our Liberation War. It shows that the War of 1971 was between India and Pakistan. And Bangladesh was born as a consequence. What an unscrupulous concoction by the Yash Raj Films! Have not they vilified the image of Bangladesh? The film should be censored for further screening. I hope the film producer and the Indian government will look into the matter and take necessary steps to save the dignity of Bangladesh.
Sayed
On e-mail
Replace 'BAN 1 with BD or BGD for Bangladesh
Have you ever wondered why the short form of 'Bangladesh' is written as 'BAN' in cricket? We see this during the live telecast of matches. The same is written on http://www.espncricinfo.com. We are the only cricket playing nation whose short name (BAN) actually forms an English word which has a negative meaning.
The English word 'ban' means 'an official order that prevents something from being used or done,' 'expel from a community or group,' or 'prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure'. It's not that they use the first 3 letters of a country’s name in case of all countries: Sri Lanka is not written as 'SRI' but 'SL'; New Zealand is not written as 'NEW' but 'NZ'.
My point is, since the word 'BAN' has a negative meaning, why not shorten the name Bangladesh as 'BD' or 'BGD'? We've got so many people in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and there are former cricketers, commentators, politicians, journalists, fans; why hasn't anyone ever raised this question? Why haven't we ever felt offended? Why haven't the Bangladesh cricket fans ever protested?
Mohibul Islam Masum
Faculty member of a private university and former Immigration Visa Team Leader, U.S. Embassy Dhaka
Extortion using elephants!
Nowadays on Dhaka streets a couple of persons are seen riding 2 or 3 big elephants. They block the roads and ask for money from the passers-by and the car owners. It is nothing but extortion. They do not move their elephants until they get the money. As a result, road traffic gets stuck for a long time. I have seen these elephants in Kalyanpur, Shyamoli, Gulshan, Banani, etc., areas. Please stop these extortionists immediately.
Shazzad
Gulshan-2, Dhaka