I have no doubt that these crime reports warrant making it to the front page of the national dailies. To see a heart-rending report such as the murder of a father and his young son in their own home in front of other family members recently in Pallabi makes me wonder how long do the people of Bangladesh have to put up with a system that has failed them miserably for years on end. How can the present government deny that it has failed totally to provide any security whatsoever to the people of Bangladesh.

The present government had more than two years to get its act together and do something about the crime situation. Since it has not been able to do that, it only shows that there is something definitely wrong with the government apparatus and as such it is not fit to govern the country anymore. It would be unrealistic to think the government would step down and acknowledge its impotency. So it is up to each and every thinking citizen of Bangladesh to demand strongly that the current government either take necessary steps to improve the current situation or otherwise hand over power to an interim government. I hope that something is done to achieve this goal in the near future.