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.
The plight and ordeal a convict puts up with in Tongi Juvenile Development Center is beyond description. Officially, there are lots of enlisted procedures which are not followed in the process of getting the spoiled brats corrected. The juvenile center is labelled as hell in the eyes of the convicted adolescents. The mistreatment they are getting there is deteriorating their mental condition further rather than improving it.
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Shahin Huq
We are being forced to show 'respect' to our oppressors.
Taufiq
209 schools had been closed for a day for the reception of a minister. It hampered children's education, still it did not bother that minister, rather he felt it was an honour. Little kids had to go through physical and emotional suffering, but it did not prick that minister's conscience, though those kids had nothing to do with politics or his popularity.
I recently went to stay at a resort at Bogra with my family. The main attraction of this resort, for my two sons, was the swimming pool. With summer in its full fury, we thought all day about how good it would be to splash about in the pool. But to our dismay, we were informed by a policeman that the swimming pool was closed to the public because the SP of Bogra was swimming there with his family. The whole pool area was surrounded by at least a dozen police officers. It seemed quite unacceptable to us. Are we still living in a colonial era?
Rinat Shangeeta, a Bangladeshi student, first received her degree in computer and electrical engineering from Rutger University (State University of New Jersey) in the USA. After working in the engineering field for 5-6 years, she decided to go to law school to get a JD (Juris Doctor) degree.
In US, not many Bangladeshis are going for the JD degree, which is difficult to get and complete. She recently received two very prestigious scholarships in the field of law. One of the scholarships is a national award and she is the only recipient. It is a great honour for a Bangladeshi student to get huge national recognition in USA. If you want to know more about this, you can check the following link: http://law.newark.rutgers.edu
Abbasuddin
Inactivity of PM clearly tells us the story behind the abduction and killings by RAB.
Shahin Huq
Car drama to protect the government bigwigs.
Aasfisarwar
Fingers had been pointed at RAB so many times before, but at those times it was not an issue because the victims belonged to BNP, Jamaat or were ordinary citizens.
This refers to the alarming news published in TDS on 28th April 2014. We can not let these unscrupulous people destroy our health this way. The government should form a squad comprising members from army, police, magistrates and chemists who will raid the wholesale and retail markets regularly and punish those who are at fault. Consumers should also be careful. It is time for the government and the consumers to be united in order to fight this menace.
Shafkat Rahman
BIAM Laboratory School
New Eskaton, Dhaka
All of a sudden the country is facing rising number of abductions and dreadful killings of commoners at the hands of unknown assailants. Kidnappings in broad daylight have become a routine affair. People are gripped with fear; guardians are worried about sending their children to educational institutions while close ones of office-goers are likewise tense. None is sure whether at day's end one would return home safely or not.
It is our earnest request to the prime minister to urgently find out the masterminds and take stern and effective measures to improve the situation before time runs out.
A worried citizen
Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Many people of Bangladesh use mobile phones with unregistered SIM cards as they consider registering a trouble. Taking advantage of this situation, some unscrupulous people do illegal activities such as tease and extort people as they know they cannot be traced. Unregistered SIMs are available everywhere. It is solely the cell phone companies' responsibility to bring the subscribers under registration. If everyone has a registered SIM card, eve-teasing, threatening people, extortion using phone, etc. will stop. Recently, around 5000 SIM cards have been dumped in a pond of Joypurhat. It is believed that those SIMs were used for criminal purposes. The government should look into the matter seriously.
Lira
On e-mail
Though once ours was called a riverine country, day by day most of our rivers are losing their natural flow, and some of them are even dead. Our agricultural production has been hampered massively as natural irrigation from river water has become almost impossible. We have to now totally depend on artificial irrigation. Except in the rainy season, the northern region often faces drought situation. The government's indifference and India's control over our shared rivers are the main reasons behind this horrible situation. We need to take the issue to the international court for establishing our rights to water of common rivers.
