& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

letters@thedailystar.net
DU should rethink its new admission policy
Dhaka University is the first choice of the majority of students willing to get higher education. Students try their level best to get admitted into this university. In the previous years, students used to get a second chance to sit for the admission test. But the DU authorities have decided to allow only freshly passed HSC students to appear in the admission test from the next academic session.
Dhaka University is an autonomous institution and can take any decision freely regarding its academic issues. But the decisions must be beneficial to all of its stakeholders. The authorities are claiming that they have taken the decision to create equal opportunity for the aspirants and to solve the problem of seats remaining vacant in many departments. They have taken a big decision all of a sudden which will create uncertainty in the lives of many students. They must rethink their decision and shouldn't do anything which will disappoint and dishearten many of the young minds.
Indrojit Bhowmick Jahangirnagar University
Political lesson to learn from Bolivia
Evo Morales won his third consecutive term as the Bolivian president on October 12, 2014. He defeated his conservative opponent by a comfortable margin. Morales is the first Bolivian president to hail from the country's indigenous majority. He was first elected in 2006, and will remain in office until January 2020.
Morales is one of the most popular socialist leaders of Latin America. During his presidency, Bolivia has grown economically, decreased income inequality and uplifted the economic status of the extremely poorest segment of the society. According to a report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in Washington DC, "Bolivia has grown much faster over the last four years than in any period over the past thirty years." According to the New York Times, Bolivia's economy grew an estimated 6.5 percent last year. Its inflation has been under control and budget is balanced.
We hope the politicians of Bangladesh would learn from Evo Morales's patriotic leadership style. Our politicians, the ruling party and the former opposition in parliament, should stop blaming each other and try to work together for the betterment of the country.
Nawfal Taulkdhar Woodside, NY, USA
Exemplary step by parents of drug addict sons
The report, "Parents hand over 3 drug addict youths to police," published in your daily on October 19, 2014, caught my eye. Helpless parents of three drug addicts handed over their sons to police. In our country, most of the parents want to hide such kind of information relating to their children. But these parents have taken a bold decision. No one should ever hide these types of incidents and should raise their voice against it.
Afrah Aanan
Viqarunnisa Noon School & College