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Toothless US sanctions over Ukraine
This refers to the report, "Obama announces sanctions on Russia" (April 29). The US has been shrill in its voice over sanctions against Russia. The US sanctions are not going to affect Russia. Obama has said that the US sanctions will also focus on high-tech defence exports to Russia. But the US should first worry about the supply of titanium (a crucial raw material for planes components) from Russia. The US aircraft manufacturer Boeing gets 30 percent of its titanium requirements from Russia. Has the US thought of any alternate source of supply? Moreover, the European Union is not going to act as per the US wishes of imposing sanctions as natural gas supply, vital for heating during the winter, comes from Russia. Also, businessmen in Europe are averse to sanctions on Russia. Germany has already' made its intentions clear. The fears of Ukraine government that Russian action may lead to the third world war are unfounded. The US public will not like its president to plunge the nation into an avoidable war as Ukraine crisis is of no concern to them. The US sanctions are empty threats and Russia knows it. The symbolic gesture of sending several hundred US soldiers to Lithunia, is just to reassure the ex-Soviet republic. Russia has already brought out a payment system on a par with Visa and Mastercard. The days of US being the sole superpower are over. Multi-polar world is vital for world peace and Russia has again emerged as superpower, replacing the Soviet Union.
Deendayal M. Lulla
Mumbai, India
Have the law enforcers fallen into deep slumber?
The abduction of seven people in Narayanganj and dumping of their bodies into Shitalakkhya is the latest most gruesome conflict that shocked the whole nation. It shows that those in charge of the law and order of the state are in slumber or they' give a damn about the security of our lives. Men are abducted in broad daylight and the police remain out of sight!
The PM should have gone to the bereaved families to console them and assure them that the killers along with their godfather would be brought to justice. Withdrawing of some key officials may' be a step forward. The government must take cognizance of the fact that its image has already been shattered. Ahmed Niaz
Mohammadpur, Dhaka
Comments on news report, "So easy to be rich," published on May 4, 2014
Hardreality
Wow! This is an amusing story! This guy is virtually unstoppable because he got the backing of Shamim Osman, who got the direct blessing from our prime minister. So, who dares to arrest him?
Shahin Huq
If this is the story of a local Awami League leader Nur Hossain, what can possibly be the amount of wealth in possession of ministers including the PM?
Touchstone
Our political parties have no ethics and so they give shelter to criminals to get their dirty' jobs done. Is there any party in Bangladesh which is not corrupt in every sense of the term?
Faisal
It is very hard to understand as to why any political party' would choose an uneducated and uncultured person like a truck helper to become a leader when there are so many educated and qualified people in society?
"Cops gag voice" (May 4, 2014)
Anonymous
Why are they' surprised? We are in a pseudo democratic state after all.
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"Narayanganj restive for Osman brothers" (May 5, 2014)
Abbasuddin
Osman brothers generate the highest amount of illegal funds for AL in the country. So, there is no chance that AL will leave them.
Enayet Mowla
Goons do what they like or want but people don't have to like what they are doing, do they? They did not like what was happening in 1971 and as a result, a new country was born. If necessary, the whole process can be repeated again.
Shahin Huq
Without getting the green signal from the top, Osman brothers would never have been able to commit all these crimes.
Hardreality
Selina Hayat Ivy is the glaring example why' good people like her don't want to go to politics as people with huge filthy money and muscle power always get the upper hand and are picked up by the party high-ups. It sounds terrible when the administration ignores the order of the mayor of that same city corporation.