Inside Biman
Capt. Monawar Hossain's frank assessment of corruption at the highest levels was published in a local daily on 31 August. This supports an reiterates my own experience in the public sector industries in mid 1970s. Small wonder that today Biman is known by its acronym "Bay-Iman", which means untrustworthy!
One very salient fact in his article was as follows; and I quote: "We again participated by giving B747-300 with 517 seating capacity at a cost of $10,200 per hour in July2009, but was not entertained. This year Biman has taken aircraft with 475 seating capacity at a cost of $10,400." Can the government offer a rational reason for this to the taxpayers; for, after all, it is their money that is being spent?
As, usual, probes are conducted by 'pliable people', and the management is run by 'yes men', with a purpose behind it, which is apparent.
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