READERS RESPOND

"Salahuddin in India" (May 13, 2015)

Shifuddin Mamun
It's a government-made drama.

Rasel Ahmed
He can remember his wife's phone number but can't remember how he got there!

Mohsanul Haque Seems
Those who kidnapped him are very clever. They handled everything very carefully.

Kalo Jam
It's an endless drama. Sit tight people, more twists and turns are coming.

Nurul Hossain
BNP and he himself are behind this drama to create problems for the government.

Nijam Uddin Ahmed
Thank God, at least he is alive!

S M Masudul Islam
It's great news that he is alive and we are happy to know this. I hope no one will be made to disappear from his/her family.

Hossain Mohammad Farhad Khondoker
Now the government will arrest him from the airport after bringing him back from India and take him in remand to create more suspense in the drama.

"Protest met with police brutality" (May 11, 2015)

Mofi
Oh God, is this our police? Are they meant to serve the people of Bangladesh? 

Zaman Khan
In our country, the police have always been used by governments to fulfil their own political agenda. The result is an unprofessional, corrupt force.

Abu Elias Sarker
The police have been given a free license to apply brutal force against those who try to disrupt the "rule of law". Nobody should be shocked. Even, being shocked could be an offence and met with brutal force!

Shrabonti Das
What can we say when the police act like goons? 

Nirob Sikder
Is it a democratic state or a police state?

Siraz Ibn Malik
On Mother's Day, while people around the world are showing their love and respect for their mothers, in this country women are being harassed and those who stand against the perpetrators are getting kicked by the police. I'm speechless!

Md Anwar Hossain
This is a country where protests against sexual assault will not be tolerated.

"Police brutality again!" (May 12, 2015)

Mahedi Hasan
The demonstrators didn't break any law; they just raised their voice against the injustice that happened a few days back. It's a kind of aggression from the policemen to terrify people so that they won't take part in any protests like this.

Sakeeb Faruque
Someone needs to teach the police some civic sense.

"Blogger killed, again" (May 13, 2015)

Abrar Amin
Fundamentalists cannot silence people with logic and scientific evidence. That's why they always have to resort to machetes and suicide vests.

Nurul Bashar
We need specific legal definition of free thinkers. A person can definitely have their own ideas but they should not express them if they are against public interest and morality.

Arafath Hussain Muhammad
Sometimes some 'free thinkers' only spread hate speech, not free thoughts.

Farah Piya
I don't support murder. But sometimes it makes me wonder whether if individuals write against Islam, does it immediately make them free thinkers? If I start writing against other religions in a spiteful manner then I would be regarded as a mentally sick person who will need psychiatric treatment in order to maintain peace in the society. My hate speech would not make me a free thinker.

Ahmed Farhad Salim
There are no ifs or buts in this case. No one deserves to die because they expressed themselves. But it's shameful that the government failed to stop this type of killing. Today a free thinker has been killed, tomorrow they could possibly target teachers, journalists, engineers or ordinary people just because we don't live up to their standard of beliefs.

Shafeen Mahmood
Before people came to know what this person actually said or did, some people have termed him as a 'free thinker'. Why is that? Could they please provide evidence regarding why they think he's a free thinker? Simply because he might have been anti-Islam? Listen, even Stephen Hawking is an atheist but has anyone ever heard any Muslim say anything bad about him? No, because he doesn't go around maligning others' beliefs without evidence. 

Anyway, I definitely do not agree with this killing simply because Islam does not support such killings.

Hasan Mahmud
No killing is supportable. I condemn Ananta's killing. But I think it would not be wise to jump to conclusions so early about the killers. There remain many reasons behind a killing. We hope a fair investigation will be conducted in this connection. If this killing is seen from a political angle only, utter injustice will be done to the deceased and his real killers will have a hearty laugh.

Muhammad Sarkar
Telling lies and using abusive words against Islam is not free thinking at all.

Reaz Ud
On one hand, some people must stop insulting religion, because it brings nothing but unrest in the society. On the other hand, these kinds of killings must be stopped. Why doesn't the government take stern actions against this? 

Sanaul Islam
We want justice. The government from the beginning claimed that they're against terrorism or "jongi-totporota" but they are yet to do anything to prevent such acts. The government should unite people against terrorism otherwise this trend will continue.

Eye Wash
We are afraid and we feel insecure.

Pothik Jon
Without studying the Quran and knowing Islam properly, some people have started writing against Islam.