Who
is afraid of Ershad Shikder?
I m a regular reader of SWM and I like it very much.
I read Mustafa Zaman's article, 'Who is afraid of
Ershad Shikder?’ and I was astounded when I learned
about Ershad Shikder's life style. I was also surprised
to find out that our political leaders had given him
their support and they also helped to protect him.
This is a heinous job on the part of our political
leaders. I firmly believe that most of our political
leaders are the main terrorists in our country. They
do so many horrible things out of greed. How can they
lead a country if they have such habits? Even though
we select them and let them sit to lead the county.
Is there not any politician who instead of looking
out more for himself and his party, will work hard
to benefit the country. I hope those leaders who helped
Ershad Shikder are being punished for their crimes.
Let’s raise our voices against such leaders.
Mahmud Ahmed Chowdhury
On Email
Stop
Torturing Iraqis!
The US-led occupation of Iraq is leading to an impending
disaster.It is clear to all that they attacked Iraq
only for oil. In the name of fighting terrorism, the
US and its allies are interfering with the internal
affairs of other countries. The US always speak of
democracy and human rights, but at the same time they
too are flouting democratic norms. Persecuting innocent
Iraqis is a gross violation of human rights. The pictures
that we have seen in newspapers show brutality that
it is hard to imagine that anyone who can do this
is human. The saddest part of the whole saga is the
United Nation’s conspicuous silence. While hundreds
and thousands are dying in the hands of their American
occupiers, the world community plays the role of an
apathetic by-stander.
Md. Shamim Khan
Chittagong University
Letter
from an SWM hater
Congratulations on your 8th Anniversary. I have been
reading SWM for the last two years and the fact is
I don't like it at all. Your Jokes are not funny and
the cartoons are sometimes meaningless. Most of the
articles are a flop. Some people may say that the
staff writers are really good but I say that they
are nothing but one-hit wonders. You have lots to
learn from Jai Jai Din who has gained world-wide
fame for writing articles using the basics of Bangla
language. They have made an impact on journalism in
Bangladesh. You should learn from them about the basics
of English and write articles worth reading. I throw
out an open challenge to any SWM reader who would
like to prove me wrong and tell me why SWM is worth
reading.
Nayeem Islam
The Aga Khan School, Dhaka
Judges
Grow Older and the Photo Finish
After reading the article titled ‘Judges Grow Older
and the Photo Finish’ in the May 28th issue a few
questions arose in my mind. Is the 14th Amendment
entirely politically motivated? Is there any example
of amending the constitution for such trivial reasons?
Is it not shameless to establish constitutional provision
for displaying portraits of the president and prime
minister? Did the BNP made a great mistake by increasing
the retirement of the judges when its former member
is the chief justice and this act may make him the
chief of the next care-taker government? What BNP
did can be regarded as an entirely partisan amendment
to our constitution. I would like to thank Kader Siddiqui
for voting against the amendment and I blame Awami
League for being absent that day. Their votes might
have been more effective than their press conference
opposing the amendment.
Sagar Aziz
Dhaka University
The
Bangladeshi Laden: Bangla Bhai
Today most of the city is talking about one thing:
Bangla Bhai, the Chief Commander of Jagrata Muslim
Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), who wants to begin an Islamic
outfit rule in Bangladesh. For this reason he has
prepared a large force with Talibani techniques and
is now referred to as the Bangladeshi equivalent to
Osama Bin Laden. Certain news sources claim that he
has strong links with the Al-Qaeda chief and has spent
a long time in Afghanistan. What we want to know is
what is the main intent of the JMJB? How has Bangla
Bhai been able to create such a large force and with
whose help? There are no real answers to these questions
but one thing is clear: no culprit can be free from
punishment. We have already seen this when Ershad
Shikder was captured and hung. Let Bangla Bhai know
that he is not different. I do feel, however, that
our government must find out the main sources behind
criminals and people like these, so that we can fight
them and be free from this anarchy.
Md. Shariar Parvez
Banani
Salute
to an Honest Politician
Shamim Ahsan wrote an article about eminent and honest
politician Ahsanullah Master's assassination. When
I read the column I felt that our country’s law and
order situation has deteriorated so much that such
a great man was not spared from such a heinous attack.
Our government fully fails to save the lives of the
general people and such eminent people. I request
that the government does something to improve our
law and order situation and immediately find and arrest
the killer(s) of Master and punish them.
HM Ahsan
Kallayampur