An open letter
Shabbir A. Bashar, Stanford University, California, USA
I was moved by the shocking pictures of a blood-soaked and bandaged Prof. Humayun Azad of Dhaka University on the front pages of online Bangladeshi dailies. This is an open and frank letter to Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, the honourable home minister. It is your duty, sir, to (a) ensure the safety and security of the residents of Bangladesh and (b) to make sure that its laws are enforced to a bare minimum level to sustain a safe yet economically viable work environment. Indeed, one of the election promises of the BNP was to put the brakes on the sliding law and order situation left behind by the AL.You tried to cover up your own failure as you did with reference to the recent attack on Dr. Kamal Hossain's car in Rangamati. What will you say this time? I take this opportunity to express my hearty appreciation of the prime minister for probing into the failure of the police to safeguard Dr. Kamal Hossain, even though he is her political opponent. It showed graciousness expected from a national leader.
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