The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh responds to an editorial by The Daily Star.
There are no visible changes yet.
The trainee doctors at BSMMU have been demanding an increase of monthly allowance from Tk 20,000 to Tk 50,000 – a demand which is justified.
On 26th June 2012 most of the dailies carried two important news with big headlines. The headlines were: "More than 1.22 lac loan defaulters in the country" and "Government's proposal to hike electricity prices very soon." Let me give an example of one unintentional loan defaulter whose name might have already been included in the 1.22 lac list. A friend of mine, an experienced businessman, established a textile manufacturing unit about a year back with bank loan. He imported sophisticated textile machinery by opening L/C from abroad. The time between L/C opening date and trial production was more than one year because of delay in getting electricity connection, setting up of machinery etc. By the time he completed setting up the machines at the factory, he failed to pay more than...
Here are some comments that came in response to Sunday's The Daily Star news report headlined "Sohel Taj tenders resignation in person"
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I was imagining this scenario: My sons and daughters have stopped going to their private tutors and started to rise early in the morning to say their prayers peacefully without the thought of the tutors chasing them at that pristine time. After the prayer they are reading religious books to recharge themselves morally. Then they are reading that day's daily newspaper to keep themselves informed of the happenings from home and abroad. Before going to school, they are reading textbooks so that they can properly understand the topics to be taught by the teachers. In the afternoon, they would play with their friends. No more huffing and puffing because they need not go to the private tutors'. Besides that, parents would be spared the tension and expenses that private tuition entails.
The quality of wood in this dear country is amazing. I stand open-mouthed outside peoples' hardwood front doors, admiring a standard rarely seen in my 'rich' country because of their price there!
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From the June 25 and 26 issues of the Prothom Alo, we learnt of two very disturbing pieces of news. The first one was about DAP (Detailed Area Plan) of Dhaka. My letter was published on July 5, 2010 thanking the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for backing the recovery of grabbed rivers and lands. At a meeting on June 21, 2010, she assigned seven ministers to implement the plan. But in the two years nothing has been done and the plan is going to be changed for the benefit of the land grabbers.
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