Again a poor decision
M. M. A. Sayeed Rushd University of Alberta, Canada
I'm shocked to learn about the decision of not letting Bangladesh be a part of Asian Highway Network by the present government. As far as I can recall, though I was a student of class VIII then, this political party while in power earlier took another such imprudent decision by not letting Bangladesh be a part of the fibre cable network on the plea of insecurity about secret national information. Fortunately, on this term they haven't revoked the decision of the immediate past political regime in power to connect Bangladesh to the information super highway. But I'm surprised about the present decision as Bangladesh is already having the infrastructure to get connected to the Asian Highway, which is likely to connect Asia with Europe, and the only requirement was upgrading. I don't understand why our governments can't foresee even the near future. Improvement of communication is the major concern of the present time. If one country is not caring about this improvement, it is going to lag behind others. There's no way to escape from this reality. The plea, that if a part of the Asian Highway Bangladesh would become a transit for Indian goods, for current refusal is ridiculous, because Bangladeshi market is already flooded with Indian goods, and a number of present and past lawmakers make a part of their livelihood by importing goods from India. Bangladesh has to bear the loss for this unwise decision, that's why I truly regret this.
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