Volume 4 Number 161 Tue. November 04, 2003       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Foreign Relations Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Suppliments Archives Letters to Editor   The VVIP lady and the Biman flight The VVIP lady had to fly to Egypt perhaps on a very important mission but could not finish her many essential chores before departure.   Scared Minister indeed! The news item appeared in the front page of The Daily Star on 15.10.2003 has drawn my attention. I am shocked at the action of the minister who came out of ATP aircraft with his family out of fear ofdeath.   Why not export? We are a country who are blessed with abundance of potato, but we import potato chips and crackers from SE Asia. We export fine quality biscuits, but we import the same from India.   World champion! As per the latest report of Transparency International, Bangladesh has not only successfully retained her title as the world champion in corruption but managed to be the first ever country to achievea     Advertisement