NHRC response to The Daily Star editorial
The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh responds to an editorial by The Daily Star.
Destruction of Hargazi Canal
There are no visible changes yet.
Who will listen to the woes of trainee doctors?
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.
Fare hike
The news of government fixing fares of CNG-run autorickshaws and AC/ non-AC taxicabs published in The Daily Star on 04/2008 has not had any impact on the situation.
The law enforcers should look into the matter immediately and protect the commuters.
Food crisis
Bangladesh's poor people are bearing the brunt of the food price rise as part of the global food crisis. According to a large number of critics the cause of the present food problem in Bangladesh is the inefficiency of the caretaker government. If we do not try to understand the problem in the global context, then the government or the public will not be able to solve or alleviate the food problem to reduce the sufferings of the poor.
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Eight-year old accused!
It was a news report in The Daily Star that an 8-year old girl was arrested for drug peddling. I cannot understand why the law enforcers did not apply their common sense and work out that an eight-year old could not commit such a crime. They should have understood that even if an eight-year old girl is found with drugs, she is to be treated as a victim of the circumstances. However, she was freed eventually. I would like to thank the reporter and the DS team.
National Women Policy
After reading The Daily Star report on the Ulema Council's review comments on the National Women Policy, I feel it necessary as a citizen of Bangladesh to put in my "two cents" on several of the issues debated by the Ulema Council as presented in the DS report.
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Commuter's life
This objective oriented diagnosis is for finding a solution-- so I studied my daily commuting experience in Dhaka Metropolitan City (DC) roads. We need a turnaround or I call it “branding” to make the road management effective. This does not require 'rocket science software', as Deming's plan-do-check-act PDCA cycle - a world class execution recipe, can do it effectively.
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Love for animals
Our treatment of animals should be full of sympathy. But not all of us show sympathy. Animals are often mistreated or killed unnecessarily. They are subdued for man's pleasure.
Working women
In our country, a high percentage of non-working women have husbands with a high level of income. Another important finding is that less educated women have more children than more educated women, regardless of their working status. The level of education and work status of women would determine the variation in their performance in different areas at home. As expected, non-working women are found to spend more time in child care, personal care and other activities at home than working women. On the other hand, working women are found to be more efficient in raising mentally- developed and well- adjusted children. Working women take greater control in decision making at home than non-working women. Husbands seem to be more satisfied with the non-working wives than the working...
People in trouble
Due to the whimsical actions of the present government and especially due to the abnormally high prices of essential commodities like rice, oil, pulses etc, the common people find themselves in a very difficult situation.
Even the middle and the higher middle class people do not find any means to overcome the present price spiral.
What is really going on?
Hillary Clinton
Following the win in the Pennsylvania primary, Sen. Hillary Clinton's race for Democratic presidential nomination got a momentum. Congrats, Hillary!
Well, I like Hillary Clinton's sincere affirmation of the fact that she hails from a coal mine worker's family of Pennsylvania which she frankly made on a TV campaign recently.
Meanwhile, I would once again like to put emphasis on the fact that at the moment the United States needs a dynamic and prudent woman President like Hillary Clinton. I am hopeful about Hillary Clinton's overall win!
Professor M Zahidul Haque, Chairman, Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
