Comments on news report

“UK to work with Bangladesh,” published on July 23, 2014

Zman7
Cameron government's confidence on its counterpart is an honour for the incumbent government of Bangladesh and it also signifies the friendship between the two countries.

Hafeejul Alam
Obviously, unlike many others, British government would be more interested in a progressive Bangladesh which is free from fundamentalism and shows more prospect of development.

Deep Purple Blue
Strange that they did not mention holding of a credible election leading to an inclusive political process.

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“New guidelines to limit fees” (July 23, 2014)

Concerned
Seems like a very poorly planned policy. How does this account for the different levels of quality and cost structures of the school? Are the schools expected to fire their highly paid teachers and hire cheap ones? Are they expected to not provide additional facilities for the children? This seems to be a policy designed to keep the standard of education low.

Ridwan Quaium
Do you think an admission fee of 120,000 taka for primary level is justified?

PlainSpeaker
And how much to be charged by, for example, the president of the school committee as bribe, for getting admission in school?

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“Happy; yet feel sentence too soft” (July 23, 2014)

Fareed Wakil
10 years for murder is too light a punishment. Corruption and murder are now synonymous in Bangladesh.