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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
letters@thedailystar.net
Reviewing powder milk import policy
Milk is the best source of nutrition, but many people in Bangladesh can't buy it due to low production and supply shortage. One can recall that in the early 1990s, the then government imposed high customs and supplementary duty on import of powder milk on the plea that it would encourage locals to produce more milk and the country would be self-sufficient in milk production. The subsequent governments have followed the same policy in the past 24 years.
But milk production has not increased significantly over the years. Rather milk seems to have become rich people's food owing to its short supply and exorbitant price. Even the middle-class people seldom prepare food with milk. The government needs to review its policy on high customs duty, VAT and other supplementary duties on import of powder milk in order to make it affordable to general people.
Aslam Ibn Shiraj
Dept, of Business Administration
Shahjalal University' of Science and Technology
Where poor patients are given short shrift...
The cure of a suffering patient depends not only on the treatment but also on the behaviour of a doctor. But doctors of our country seem to have forgotten this. I am saying this because I recently had some bitter experience with the doctors. Doctors are generally seen in a hasty mood in the public hospital. They have no time to listen to the patient's history. Moreover, poor patients are sometimes advised to meet the doctors in their private chambers.
Patients have to face many challenges before they can finally get into a doctor's room. Most of the doctors' assistants in public hospitals behave rudely towards the patients. They are only interested in maintaining the serial which is actually a game of money. When one's serial finally comes to see the doctor, one is left with utter shock as the moody doctor only asks the main problem and doesn't even care to listen; because they are always in a hurry to attend their private appointments. How can we expect better quality treatment when earning money is the main concern of the doctors?
Rifat Darina Kamal
Lecturer, Department of Public Administration Chittagong University
Masters or servants of people?
This is in response to the letter titled "Police our masters?" published in The Daily Star on 9th May. Although bitter, this is the reality in Bangladesh where the saying goes: "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Genuine guests and their families could not use the swimming pool while 'His Majesty' the SP and his family could only be in the swimming pool. Thanks to the law abiding (!) SP of Bogra; he only reserved the swimming pool, not the restaurant too. Now the question is, will the AGG investigate into this matter? And what has the DIG of Police got to say and do about this matter?
A taxpayer On e-mail
Comments on news report, "Arrest 'dismissed' Rab-IL officials," published on May IL, 2014
Mofi
May we request the government to kindly come forward to help these distressed families?
PlainSpeaker
The first action any civilised government should take is to arrest and put all these criminal officers on trial.
Akhtar Shah
If the investigating authority doesn't arrest these sacked RAB people, then these officers would also disappear into thin air! Their absence would hinder the investigation.
Mumeen
It's evident that Bangladesh does not belong to the people; it belongs to oligarchy and criminals.
"Govt should go, says BNP" (May 11, 2014)
Iftekhar Hassan
It is true that this abhorrent crime of political homicide was carried out by the Awami League affiliated thugs. But if BNP was in power and the same murders were carried out by BNP affiliated thugs, what would have been the reaction of Hawa Bhaban? How can we forget the BNP minister Babar's taking money from Bashundhara group owner's son, who was the prime accused in another murder case?
Molla A. Latif
The government is trying to hush up and you are trying to bubble up, but the victims' near and dear ones only get lip service from you. This is bad politics, Mr. Mirza. Please pursue your politics for the people, not for Khaleda Zia and her sons.