Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 817 Wed. September 13, 2006  
   
Letters to Editor


"Let us go against the stream"


This refers to the above article written by Mohammad Badrul Ahsan published in your Friday, 1st September issue and I very much agree with most of the points raised by Mr. Ahsan.

One of the major demands in the then East Pakistan was to save the people from the so called 22 rich families, who were exploiting us. Today 35 years after independence, we have created 1,20,000 such rich families, who are sucking our blood. Let us start from the beginning. Right after Independence of Bangladesh, most of the mills and factories were Nationalized and administrators were appointed by the then government, without taking into consideration their capability of running such units. Thus these people not only messed up things, but made so much money that all these mills and factories turned into sick industries. We need to have the names and addresses of all these Administrators and surely we will find most of them are well placed in today's Bangladesh.

A number of properties including land and buildings were declared abandoned, we need to know who were so fortunate to get them registered in their names. We want them back. These belong to the people not to any political party.

We also would like to know how many bureaucrats both civil and military have registered NGOs in their family members' names.

Bangladesh is being raped in every sector on a regular basis by everyone who matters--politicians, government officials etc.

Let us not show any mercy to all these people, but join with Mr. Ahsan in taking direct and positive action to save the country and leave a better Bangladesh for the coming generation.