Public opinion polls
Rafiq Ahmed, Chicago, USA
I wonder if the Daily Star, perhaps in conjunction with other leading news entities or private research firms, could create something like a scorecard to measure the performance of Bangladesh's illustrious and rather large set of ministers. Who knows, maybe these ministers are actually doing some good works that are going unnoticed. As it would be hard to differentiate them on their parliamentary voting records alone, perhaps you could grade them on other areas such as their fight against corruption, how easy it is for citizens to do business with their respective ministries, how many days out of the year they actually attend to affairs of the state vs. political party activities vs. private matters, and so on. We would also like to know how they are spending their budgets, and if indeed there are any projects they have implemented that can be considered successful. In reality, how is the prime minister to fire any non-performing ministers -- what were the performance criteria to begin with? Also, there is a lack of proper public opinion polls in Bangladesh -- again, a market opportunity for innovative firms and the news agencies, such as your paper. Perhaps Bangladesh's rulers need more structured feedback from citizens than what they currently find only in the editorials and letters columns of leading newspapers.
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