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Letters to Editor
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Tipaimukh Dam
The Indian High Commissioner has again made a statement that Tipaimukh Dam will not adversely affect the greater Sylhet areas, but Bangladesh shall rather be benefited in early monsoon and leanperiods.
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Bangladeshi mountaineers
I congratulate the two Bangladeshi mountaineers, Ibrahim and Khaled, on their recent conquest of Grey's Rock in the Himalayas.
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New visa policy
The Daily Star recently reported that the State Minister for Home Affairs Babar had said that a new visa policy would be announced simplifying the visa process and helping detect those overstaying inthe
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Plant more trees
The World Environment Day was observed throughout the globe recently and Bangladesh was no exception. There were seminars and symposiums all over the country putting emphasis on the vital points.
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Patricia Coveney
I applaud Patricia Coveney who sacrificed her career for the destitute children of Bangladesh. Though she is an Irish, but I think now she has taken our country as her second home for those children.
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SSC results: some thoughts
This year's first and largest public examination results have been published, showing a pass percentage of 59.04 against 52.57 last year.
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SSC examinee's appeal
I appeared in this year's (2006) SSC exams. Though I expected a Golden GPA- 5, I scored only 4.88. At first when I saw my result, I was speechless.
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This cannot continue...
We are dismayed by the controversy over the voter list though there should not be any. For a free and fair election, door-to-door visit by the election officials is a must; there cannot be any other option.
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Election Commission circus
The tenure of the present government is going to be over before long. Every party is working out its election strategy. For acceptability of election results, elections must be free and fair.
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Dear Mr. Nurul Huda
I have been trying to get through the pile of papers on my desk before my holiday (I am sure you know the feeling!) and there was your article of June 2nd 'Making the ACC functional' - not the most thrilling
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Indecent football
The Portugal versus Netherlands match in the Second Round of FIFA World Cup 2006 appalled us all. Russian referee V. Ivanov needs to be lambasted for his abysmal performance.
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Corruption and governance
Your staff correspondent's write up on the subject identified the lack of government will to undo corruption.
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OSD culture at its best!
There are more than five hundred of them, OSDs they are called, rambling in the streets and thronging the corridors of the Bangladesh Secretariat corridor for the last five years in the hope of getting
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Cause of cancer
As you know chemical released by plastic water bottles can cause cancer (It is not the water that affects you but the chemical released from the bottle) How to avoid: Check the bottom of the bottle,
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Student visa
An ever-increasing number of students from Bangladesh are going for higher or further education programmes around the world, especially to the USA, UK, Australia, Canada and Japan.
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