Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 382 Fri. June 24, 2005  
   
Letters to Editor


Tareq Zia's US trip


It is with utmost embarrassment that we saw Mr. Tarek Zia's recent trip to the United States as an unofficial representative of the Bangladesh government.

During his trip, he met with high officials from FBI, Pentagon, US Chamber of Commerce etc. So far, it is unheard of for someone who is not an official representative to act in such way in a foreign country.

Bangladesh has been given many names in the international community. We, the citizens, are gradually losing our ability even to get surprised any more at all by the new "tags" that are being assigned to Bangladesh now. Apparently, the diplomatic tags are yet to come.

How sad and frustrated do the people of a country have to be for the government to take notice?