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Police our masters?
I recently went to stay at a resort at Bogra with my family. The main attraction of this resort, for my two sons, was the swimming pool. With summer in its full fury, we thought all day about how good it would be to splash about in the pool. But to our dismay, we were informed by a policeman that the swimming pool was closed to the public because the SP of Bogra was swimming there with his family. The whole pool area was surrounded by at least a dozen police officers. It seemed quite unacceptable to us. Are we still living in a colonial era?
Anonymous
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Bangladeshi student gets US national award
Rinat Shangeeta, a Bangladeshi student, first received her degree in computer and electrical engineering from Rutger University (State University of New Jersey) in the USA. After working in the engineering field for 5-6 years, she decided to go to law school to get a JD (Juris Doctor) degree.
In US, not many Bangladeshis are going for the JD degree, which is difficult to get and complete. She recently received two very prestigious scholarships in the field of law. One of the scholarships is a national award and she is the only recipient. It is a great honour for a Bangladeshi student to get huge national recognition in USA. If you want to know more about this, you can check the following link: http://law.newark.rutgers.edu IftekharM. Rahat
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Correcting centre or torture cell?
The plight and ordeal a convict puts up with in Tongi Juvenile Development Center is beyond description. Officially, there are lots of enlisted procedures which are not followed in the process of getting the spoiled brats corrected. The juvenile center is labelled as hell in the eyes of the convicted adolescents. The mistreatment they are getting there is deteriorating their mental condition further rather than improving it.
According to news reports, these 14 to 18 years old children are constantly tortured and seriously abused by the management. Even some children have resorted to commit suicide. The five-storied building has kind of turned into a torture cell. Nobody is allowed to enter its premises. The convicts keep crying all day and engage in vicious fighting with other inmates. I would like to request the authorities concerned to look into the matter seriously and take pragmatic steps as to how this problem can be solved.
Samiul Raijul
School of Business
North South University
Comments on news report, "Finger pointed at Rab men," published on May 5, 2014
Abbasuddin
Inactivity of PM clearly tells us the stor}' behind the abduction and killings by RAB.
Shahin Huq
Gar drama to protect the government bigwigs.
Aasfisarwar
Fingers had been pointed at RAB so many times before, but at those times it was not an issue because the victims belonged to BNP, Jamaat or were ordinary citizens.
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"N'ganj enraged" (May 3, 2014)
Aasfisarwar
The fate of the investigation is well known now. After her Excellency the honourable PM pointed finger at her rival BNP, the outcome of the investigation is sealed.
Abbasuddin
New DC, SP, OCs of police stations and RAB are already sold out to the godfather family of Narayanganj. So, no improvement of law and order situation can be expected in the city.
"209 primary schools shut" (May 4, 2014)
Shahin Huq
We are being forced to show 'respect' to our oppressors.
Taufiq
209 schools had been closed for a day for the reception of a minister. It hampered children's education, still it did not bother that minister, rather he felt it was an honour. Little kids had to go through physical and emotional suffering, but it did not prick that minister's conscience, though those kids had nothing to do with politics or his popularity.