Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 4 Num 329 Mon. May 03, 2004  
   
Letters to Editor


Our man , our pride


Words fail to express how proud I am to learn that a team of researchers led by a Bangladeshi scientist (Maqsudul Alam, professor of microbiology) has made a discovery that could lead to the creation of a substitute for blood. Congratulations to the man who has made our nation known to the world. Usually, the carriers of the green passports are known for the wrong reasons.

We, along with our politicians, back here are very much busy talking about the image crisis of Bangladesh and blaming each other for it. We are playing the ultimatum game with hartal, hartal-related violence and mass arrests. The government is tormenting the marginal people with price spiral, while the remedial measures like hartal (as suggested by the opposition) are denying them a day's pay and forcing their family to go un-fed.

But it is heartening to learn that there are men who can still make us proud.