Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 23 Sat. June 19, 2004  
   
Letters to Editor


Common pictures of Bangladesh


If we analyse the recent happenings of Bangladesh, we will surely find a dark and gloomy picture of the country. We have become habituated in hearing the news of violence, murder, rape, corruption and all kinds of misdeeds. Followings are the common pictures of present Bangladesh which need immediate attention of the government.

The recent examples of murders are horrifying. Men are not only murdered but cut into pieces. Every other day we hear the news of murder, often committed in daylight, which does not obfuscate us much as mentioned above we are now habituated to this. We are rather surprised if we don't see any blood-stained body on television every day. The authorities' concern about this matter in questionable.

Explosion of bombs at different significant places in the last few years has taken many lives. These explosions have now become common.

There is always some fear in common people's mind as to which place is going to be the next target of the terrorists. And the government's role in this case is nothing more than turbid.

Extremism which had no existence in Bangladesh has unmasked itself recently. One such example is so called "Bangla Bhai" and his group. Their sordid and execrable activities are reportedly aided by the ones whose duty was to check those.

But the political picture of this country belongs not only to recent days but to the days since last decade. The craving for power has made the political leaders practise the nasty politics which could not bring peace and comfort for people. The politicians are busy in attacking and counter-attacking their oppositions both physically and verbally.

People have tolerated enough and it's the time for the government to do something which has a positive impact on the life of common people. Otherwise, it will be too late.