Dear Editor: Some two years back newspapers of Bangladesh printed a UNB report (2 August, 2017) that the subscriber base of the state-run cellphone operator Teletalk is set to see a sharp fall if it fails to improve its service standard. The findings came from the impact evaluation survey report conducted by the Implementation, Monitoring […]
Letters
Sultana Esrat Jahan rescues an ailing infant
Dear Editor: Altruism refers to acting for another’s well-being. Good people behave selflessly when they see others in distressed circumstances and feel compassion to help. But in our country there are wealthy people who do not help the needy. Though not a wealthy person, Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sultana Esrat Jahan came up […]
Injured Titash died because “Ferry Cumilla” waited 3 hours for Addl. Secy.
Dear Editor: The sad incident happened on July 28, 2019. Titash Ghosh, an injured student of class six, died in an ambulance on a ferry after the vessel waited long three hours at the Kathalbari Ferry Terminal for a senior government high official. Titash’s uncle Bijoy Ghosh said that they learnt that the ferry would […]
DGDA’s admirable decision: BMDIA should be criticised
Dear Editor: Indeed it was a good news that the fixing of coronary stent prices would significantly reduce the harassment of patients. The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) move came a day after Bangladesh Medical Device Importerhttps://www.weeklyholiday.net/files/index_php/category/s association (bmdia) went on a strike over what it said “misunderstanding with the government” about fixing of […]
Improper use of insecticides can be fatal
Dear Editor: A new study, published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, links deaths of Bangladeshi children to chemicals sprayed on lychee. “Excessive and improper” applications of insecticides and other agriculture chemicals in lychee fruit orchards “may have triggered an outbreak of a deadly swelling of the brain known as acute encephalitis […]
Rifat Sharif and lazy journalism of today
Dear Editor: I am often amazed at the tendency of certain sections of the media to read too much into something when little exists, and often to read too little when plenty exists. While both are dangerous for different reasons, the recent sensational murder of a supposed businessman named Rifat Sharif has demonstrated how the […]
Teletalk and BTCL landphone’s very poor service
Dear Editor: There is no denying the fact that the government-owned telecom services are too bad. Grameenphone and Robi are the biggest mobile phone operators in our country and their contribution is great to our economy. The BTCL is the organization responsible for land phones—-but the fact is, because of its poor service subscribers have […]
Exorbitant increase in price of medicines should be stopped
Dear Editor: The writer is 85 years old retired person who has various medical problems. Daily he takes 14 different medicines—all tablets—to treat his diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure, and prostrate complications, among others, to maintain his health. Yesterday (5th. July) he bought a strip of 10 tablets of one of his medicines. Earlier […]
Health hazard owing to widespread use of antibiotics: Why is BSTI playing ducks and drakes?
Dear Editor: It was good to leran that the High Court expressed serious dissatisfaction on June 24, 2019 at the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution’s (BSTI) statement where it claimed that the institution had no responsibility over the companies producing and supplying pasteurized milk and curd without any licence. “We are astonished at your statement. […]
Milk must be free from lead and alfatoxins
Dear Editor: Dairy farmers as a mark of protest threw away milk in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on 22 June terming “low” the proposed tariff hike on milk import https://www.weeklyholiday.net/files/index_php/category/from 5 to 10 percent. the proposed duty increase will not be enough to protect the domestic producers from the competition of […]
