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.
It appears that the Election Commission (EC) is engaged or at least trying to get engaged in a fruitless "dialogue" and spending months trying to talk to politicians and so-called "dozen men" political parties and wasting its time. It's just waste of time. They are all the same bunch of people who are responsible for bringing the county to this messy situation. I am sure if the EC goes on like this forever, no fruitful result will come out of it.
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My means of transport is CNG. However, when we want to go to any place like Dhanmondi, Rajarbagh or Gulshan, the CNG drivers just reject us rudely. When they do agree they charge double the amount of money, instead of going by the meter as they are supposed to. Add to that, they are always complaining about how they cannot afford the money that they need to give to the owners. But I can always see one or two CNG's sitting idle near every roadside teashop.
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We read very frequently about the drinking water crisis in Dhaka City. How can the consumers expect safe drinking water when Dhaka Wasa does not use sufficient doses of chemicals to kill the bacteria, but they pay the bills to the suppliers of chemicals!!
We don't understand why the task force does not visit Dhaka Wasa like they did in Titas.
The water supply situation calls for a thorough investigation into the whole thing.
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.
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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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.
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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I agree with the letter published on 17th April, 2008 entitled, “Income tax law” written by SMS Zaman, Member(retd), Taxes Administration, National Board of Revenue, Dhaka. I am a law student of 1st year and I don't know much about income tax laws.
Mr. Zaman's opinion is that frequent amendments to the Act are not desirable. I think the point is valid. So, I agree with him that before enacting the income tax laws, public opinion must be sought on some specific points.
