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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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The 'Broken Promise
League'
The very thought of planning a third BPL when there are still players from the second BPL who have not been paid yet, and when the league is marred by a match fixing scandal, is a very, very bad idea. What quality foreign player would want to come and play in the BPL given its reputation as such? The Bangladesh national team needs to play together as a unit and not be split apart playing with sub-standard financially needy players from other countries. The very predictable outcome of a third BPL would then be more non-payment of players including Bangladeshi players. This would be an unwelcome distraction leading up to the ODI world cup. If T20 play is what is needed, and why would it be leading up to an ODI world cup, then why not invite the Netherlands, Ireland, and Zimbabwe for a T20 tournament and let the Tigers play together as a unit with more or less equal T20 competition? Or consider a six-team format inviting Afghanistan and Nepal or even an eight-team format including also Flong Kong and UAE. It is quite easy to predict that another BPL would be both another disaster and distraction leading up to the ODI world cup.
Scott Elliott
Utiara, Dhaka
History of Bangladesh
These days everybody is trying to write the history of Bangladesh, especially the politicians. I wonder when they will start writing books on mathematics. I can imagine... one will say two plus two makes five and the other will say it makes three. Are not the textbooks in the schools telling different history with change of governments? Who gave them the authority to write history anyway? History has to be written by historians based on hard evidence that is acceptable to all. When it is written by anyone who was a party involved in the events, it is always biased and has to be taken with a pinch of salt. As many of them are still living, I guess the time for writing the history of Bangladesh has not yet come. An objective history will not be acceptable to many of them for obvious reasons. History must not be written in a hurry. The touchstone of time has to allow bringing out the truth in its proper perspective. Till then let us all have patience. Shahjahan Hafiz Gulshan, Dhaka
Comments on news report, "Modi uses Hindu migration issue, ” published on April 20, 2014
S.M. Iftekhar Ahmed
Our relations with India is already strained, only the Almighty knows how much it will deteriorate if this fanatic comes to power.
Imracil
Mr. Narendra Modi should know that Bangladesh treats her minorities far better than India, Pakistan or Sri Lanka does.
"Same group kidnapped Ilias Ali" (April 19, 2014)
S.M. Iftakhar Rosul(Faisal)
Authorities said they tried their best but we got no clear statement about Ilias Ali's abduction. We still hope that one fine morning Ilias Ali would appear before us. Rizvi should contact the law agencies with all kinds of evidences and tell the names of the suspects as well.
Akhtar Shah
How predictable!
Mr. R, you have forgotten to mention RAW! And the other side would say it was JI, BNP and LSI. Great! Is it ok to mention Teesta, enclave, traffic congestion, GSP, dangerously polluted rivers, $ 1.4 billion loss of GDP through violence, lack of democratic practices etc? No, may be not!
"Khaleda unhappy over Jamaat role" (April 21, 2014)
S.M. Iftekhar Ahmed
Does she expect anything better from Jamaat? They betrayed the people during the Liberation War and they abuse the name of Islam. Although the average people know this, Mrs. Zia seems to have lost touch with reality and believes that they are a force she can use to her advantage.
SM
A pet cobra is better than Jamaat; when will she learn?
Amzad Hossain
It is said that BNP is being guided by Jamaat. Then how and why does Khaleda Zia express her annoyance over Jamaat's disobedience?