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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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A memorable
Independence Day
This year's Independence Day will remain memorable. As Bangladesh turned 43, nearly two and half lakh people gathered at the national parade square to take part in the national anthem singing. They sang in unison to make a world record. Let it not be a mere symbolic show of patriotism. Let it mark the beginning of a spirit of fellow feeling and genuine love for the motherland. Let us translate this spirit into action and do something selflessly, just for the benefit of our country.
Zabed Wali
Chittagong
How safe are our spices?
We have learnt from the newspapers that Pran's turmeric powder is not good for health due to its high degree of lead content. From now on, we can stop using Pran's turmeric powder but what about the other brands of spices? Are they free from poisonous substances? BSTI should test all brands of spices, publish the test results and punish the unscrupulous companies for marketing poisonous spices. We want to live a healthy life and don't want to give them any chance to feed us with poison.
Abu Jar Gifari
On e-mail
Consistency expected from Tigers
Bangladesh has passed quite a long time in international cricket. But our cricket team's performance is still not satisfying. The recent performance of Bangladesh against Hong Kong and West Indies in T-20 World Cup has really disappointed us. They have also been defeated by India and Pakistan. Although sometimes our team has shown us a ray of hope by beating strong teams, there is no continuity in their success.
We are truly a cricket loving country. We want to see our Tigers playing good cricket consistently. We hope that our Tigers will roar once again in the field to meet our expectations.
Nabila Ahmed
Student ofBBA SU ST
Comments on news report, "Rigging spoils AL's image," published on March 27, 2014
Aasfisarwar
When the CG system was scraped, the intent was clear. As long as AL can hang on to power without people's support, image does not matter. The question remains though, how long?
SM
Well, stuffing ballots and violence was started by AL from the very first election of liberated Bangladesh, (was there any need?) Then it had BAKSAL to make it easier. We remember 90% + voting under the military regimes of Zia and Ershad. Then in '96 and 2014 under BNP and AL. So, we have gone back to our black days -as Khan Ata said, "AbarTora Manush Ho". We have a long way to go to be "manush".
S.M. Iftekhar Ahmed
Only a 'section' is irked? Shouldn't they all be ashamed or is it too much to ask to overcome their ego?
"Ban Jamaat" (March 26, 2014)
Komol
Jamaat has emerged as the 3rd largest political party in the upazila elections. Is it justified to ban them?
S.M. Iftekhar Ahmed
Just goes to show that Bangladeshi voters still need to do more research. Jamaat played the religion card for their own benefit and people in the rural areas fell for it. Would they have voted, had they known what Jamaat truly stood for?
Guest
Deport them to the countries that feed them with money and weapon. An elegant religion that had been prominent for science, commerce and its tolerance for other religions became so contentious with prejudiced fanatics that now that some quarters don't hesitate to tag it as 'terroristic'.
S. M. Iftekhar Ahmed
Bangladeshis can be so naive. Just because a party claims to be Islamic doesn't necessarily mean so. Jamaat has been abusing the good name of a peaceful religion like Islam for too long and they have killed innocent people during the Liberation War for their own benefit and amusement.