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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Rescue the abducted Nigerian girls
This refers to the report, "Nigerian schoolgirl abduction - World powers join search" (May 9). It is very unfortunate that nearly 300 schoolgirls have been abducted in the border areas of Nigeria by Boko Haram - a terrorist organisation. Boko Haram is threatening to sell these hapless children as slaves. It is good that world powers like France, China, Britain and the USA have decided to help Nigeria in tracking down those abducted girls and the Nigerian government has accepted the offer. The operation is akin to fighting piracy in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia where navies of different nations patrol the sea and piracy has come down. Drones should be deployed to attack the hideouts of Boko Haram. One hopes that these hapless young girls are safe and will be rescued at the earliest. Efforts should also be made to see that no more kidnappings of girls take place.
Deendayal M. Lulla
Mumbai, India
Globalising agriculture
It is scientifically proved that agriculture is one of the worst victims of climate change. Due to climate change, agriculture vis-a-vis food security is facing great challenges. Extreme heat, scarcity of irrigation water, new strains of crop pest and diseases are hindering agricultural production resulting in crop failure and less yield. To face the climate change challenges, agricultural scientists all over the world are working for agricultural innovation to adapt to the changed situation. Through the use of genome sequencing and marker technologies, plant breeders are innovating new stress tolerant crop varieties.
To successfully encounter the negative impacts of climate change, sharing of natural resources and scientific technologies among the nations is a must. So, I strongly feel that agriculture should be globalised for attaining sustainable food production to ensure global food security.
For instance, Africa has 60 percent of the world's arable land which can easily be used for producing food through global initiative. Global sharing of water resources for agriculture can effectively mitigate the water problem and help keep sustainable agricultural production.
Professor M Zahidul Haque
Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System, SAU, Dhaka
Comments on news report, "Another abduction claim against Rab," published on May 9, 2014
Shahin Huq
Home ministry is directly under Sheikh Hasina. And the police and RAB are under home ministry.
Monju Huq
RAB must give a proper answer acceptable to people.
TruthnLie
RAB must be contained before it becomes a bigger monster.
EnayetMowla
1 live in a foreign land and my only connection with my homeland is through newspapers. I know that I am not supposed to comment on anything which is under investigation, but the complaint against RAB is so common that it does not seem to matter.
Alamgir
RAB and BCL should be banned. AL is using them for suppressing the opponents and to remain in power; and in return, AL is turning a blind eye to all their misdeeds.
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"Cops probing, people sceptical" (May 8, 2014)
Akhtar Shah
This is a true can of worms!! It's nigh on impossible to unearth anything remotely resembling the'truth'.
It's like a web, every strand is intertwined. The Lone Ranger who honestly and diligently wants to hunt down the culprits has a better chance of landing man on Mars! There are such colossal amounts of black cash sloshing about in the hands of the 'Mafioso', that Bank search for 6 cr. will also bear no fruit. The sum in this context is a paltry 'snuffbox' amount.
Aasfisarwar
The police will never be able to investigate this impartially as they are part and parcel of the total package. A. B. Siddique abduction, Iliyas Ali disappearance, Sagor-Runi murder - all are linked together. If we hope for any neutral investigation, the present regime must be changed.