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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Mind over matter
The above phrase indicates that mind through its capability, can cause things to happen. By motivating mind, our knowledge and capabilities of doing things can be enhanced. So, BCB has appointed a professional psychological skill development coach to improve and develop the 'mindset' of our cricketers. Maybe this can possibly stop the steep slide in the performance of our cricketers that has now reached an abysmally low level. Even Afghanistan, to our utter surprise, has soundly beaten us!
Let us hope the psychological skill development coach can help our team.
Shattered cricket fan
On e-mail
"Shakespeare . . . and the eye of God"
In this month of April when Stratford-upon-Avon and the world is celebrating the 450th birth anniversary of William Shakespeare, the most famous English playwright in history, the above captioned article added charm and jubilation to the celebration. In his brief write-up, the author reviewed some of the major works of the great playwright including "Hamlet" quoting the opening phrase of a soliloquy "To be or not to be..."
The author has appropriately evaluated Shakespeare's accomplishment when he says, "he left English literature transformed and the world's imagination soaring into aesthetic space never before imagined."
William Shakespeare was a literary genius; he wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets and used about 21,000 different words in his compositions enriching the English language. Nearly 3,000 words used by William Shakespeare were included in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Professor MZahidul Haque
Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System, SAU, Dhaka
Please stop the abductions
Incidences of abduction, kidnap, forced disappearance, extra judicial killing, etc., are taking place regularly. Abduction of Abu Bakar Siddique, husband of prominent environment lawyer Dr. Rizwana Hasan, was one of those. I Ie was freed after 35 hours, which is very unusual in such cases. Not everybody is as lucky as him. Recently, Narayanganj city councilor along with four others has been added to the list. Every day we see such reports in newspapers which are very alarming. Our humble request to the government is to take effective measures to stop it, once and for all.
Md. Nahid Hosen
Dept, of Law
University of Dhaka
Comments on news report, "40pc food poisonous," published on April 28, 2014
Mofi
In a country like Bangladesh, public health institutions should be made more effective. But unfortunately, what we see is just occasional mobile court drives by some administrative officers who do not have the necessary equipment and skills. Can't the government recruit a set of public health inspectors and let them do this job regularly after giving them appropriate training?
SM
Who are we going to blame? It is Bangladeshis killing Bangladeshis for making profit.
Monjur Babu
Mass media and local communities should step forward to solve this problem. Strong monitoring is needed to stop the availability of these chemicals.
Snr Citizen
Isn't this wholesale poisoning of fruits and many other food items including milk an act of terrorism? Government can easily track down the sources, importers, buyers, hoarders, retailers and users. It is no rocket science. I strongly believe a sincere drive can do the trick.
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"Abductors in action" (April 28, 2014)
Dr Abdul Qader
Another news about abduction. It seems the law enforcement agencies are failing to do their duty. Hope this news reaches the prime minister. I hope she would take immediate action. Law and order is the prerequisite of a democratic process. If it is not there, then obviously the ruling parties will not be spared either.
Jafar Iqbal
Shamim Osman, the 'godfather' of Narayanganj, is the most favourite person of our PM.
Deepjelejai
Ominous democracy for an ill-fated nation. I personally know Nazrul who is very popular in his area. He had a severe clash with his own party men as well.