Volume 5 Number 5 Mon. May 31, 2004    
 
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Time to call a spade a spade
Now that The Scotland Yard investigators have reasons to suspect that some Islamic fundamentalist groups were behind the bombing incident at Shahjalal Dargah, they should go much deeper into it and find
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Think straight, but think sensible!
This is in response to Mr. Omar Sharif's article "Are we thinking straight" published on 24 May 2004.
 
Statue of Liberty
The people of America should pull down the 'Statue of Liberty' and smash it into pieces. Their government does not give a hoot to other countries' liberty, so the standing statue is a mockery of freedom.
 
Save Jatka
For quite some time, I read in the news media that our ministers and high officials are going around in motor launches, speed boats etc.
 
The fallacy of same-sex union
Homosexuality is a troubling moral and social phenomenon. Due to benign interpretations of the homosexual condition itself it is increasingly being viewed as something neutral or even good.
 
"Libraries in search of a future"
I want to draw your attention to the article "Libraries in search of a future" written by Mr. Ron Chepesiuk, published in DS on May 29.
 
Hizb-ut-Tahrir poster
Hizb-ut-Tahrir is a non-violent Islamic organisation which has been working in more than 40 countries all over the world since 1953.
 
"Extortionist at work"
I haven't read "Extortionist at Work". But the favoured reaction to the piece by Mr. Joy (May24, 2004) caught my attention and was chosen to be disfavoured.
 
A cue for the detective?
Your newspaper reported that, just before the blast, a Sylheti beggar was wearing "Green Kurta", the colour of Bangla Bhai's skull cap.
 
JMJB's Afghanistan link
It is with alarm that I read your Friday( May 28) report of links between Bangla Bhai's JMJB and Osama Bin Laden.
 
Our politicians
In local politics, it has become a cliché to say that people involved in crime and terrorism belong to no political parties. There was a time when crime started its own journey towards perversion.
 
Shark gobbling Saarc !
Saarc is going the western way, through the prowling shark of materialism. After Pakistan, now the footprint in India is going to be larger, after the sharp change noticed during the recent general elections.
 
Hai, neta!
The citizens are trapped and cornered by unattractive leaders in Dhaka.
 

 
   
 
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