Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 29 Thu. June 24, 2004       Letters to Editor Scandal for Bangladesh Molla Mohammad Shaheen, Dept o English, DU Bangladesh has been pulverised by Turkey in OIC race. Really, it has scandalised the image of our country. Bangladesh's assiduous lobby proved diplomatically abortive. As a Bangladeshi, I am not shocked at the defeat of our country, but I am optimistic that Bangladesh will take a lesson from this debacle. It augurs well that the OIC is going to be democratised by and by. Mr Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu of Turkey has outsmarted Mr SQ Chowdhury of Bangladesh in the OIC SG election. Bangladesh made a blunder by selecting Mr Chowdhury as its candidate. He is a controversial person in our country. Besides, he has no diplomatic credentials. The government was castigated for its wrong and suicidal decision. But public opinions were shrugged off. Bangladesh would select Mr Reaz Rahman, a seasoned diplomat in this post. Bangladesh has been cheated by many countries in this race. It has spoiled the normal relations with many countries, e.g. Malaysia and Turkey. We are bamboozled at the jejune statement of Mr SQ Chowdhury that the pro-Israeli camp was behind his defeat.