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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Curbing eve-teasing
We often learn from newspapers about school and college girls, who are victims of eve-teasing, committing suicide. For protecting girls from eve-teasing, the government and the citizens need to work together. Various laws have been made already, but all those laws will only be effective in curbing eve-teasing if we, as a nation, change our attitude towards women.
Nowsin Jahan
Dept, of Business Administration
Shahjalal University of Science & Technology
Avoid using trans fat in foods
Nowadays people are conscious about not eating fatty foods as they increase bad cholesterol or LDL cholesterol in blood. Our body needs some fat and we get it mainly from animal and plant. We consume fats in two forms, saturated and unsaturated. Vegetable oils contain unsaturated fatty acids while animal products like butter, meat contain saturated fatty acids. Saturated fat raises LDL and lowers good cholesterol (HDL) in human body. LDL increases the risk of developing coronary heart disease.
Trans fat is being produced by adding hydrogen to vegetable oil through a process called hydrogenation. Trans fat like margarine is actually more harmful than butter because it increases the LDL or bad cholesterol. In our country, hotels and restaurants use Banaspati ghee to cook which is a trans fat and so harmful to human health. Commercially baked food products such as crackers, cookies and cakes as well as many fried foods, such as French fries contain trans fat which should be avoided to keep our LDL level lower. We should use vegetable oils like olive, soybean, and sunflower oils which are rich in unsaturated fatty acids and good for health.
Professor M Zahidul Haque
Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System, SAU, Dhaka
Khaleda on disbanding Rab
Recently BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia demanded that RAB should be disbanded, alleging that the force has now become involved in killings and abductions.
I agree with her because though this force has achieved successes in many cases such as tackling militancy and capturing criminals, there are also serious accusations against Rab for extra-judicial killings and forced disappearances.
But Khaleda Zia should not forget that this force was formed during her rule and there were various accusations against them at that time also. So slamming the political opponent because of Rab's activities is just a trick. Both BNP and AL are equally responsible for turning a state agency into a Frankenstein.
Rokeya Ahmed