A brilliant suggestion!
The suggestion of readers of your newspaper in recognising people like Sir Frank Peters for his noble and worthwhile contribution to Bangladesh and bestowing upon him and other foreigners the honorary title of 'Goodwill Ambassador' and 'Friend of Bangladesh' is brilliant! In almost 40 years of successive governments, we have not said 'thanks' to anyone for their good deeds or kind contributions. Hopefully, this will break the cycle, but I doubt it. If we cannot honour and demonstrate our gratitude to the likes of Musa Ibrahim who risked his life and limb scaling Mount Everest and escalated Bangladesh into world news in the most positive way imaginable, I would not be holding my breath awaiting any form of thanks if I were a foreigner.
To our shame, we are either too ignorant, too ill-mannered, or it's simply just not part of our culture to express thanks to anyone for anything. Like Sir Frank Peters there are also other foreigners who deserve medals of honour, no doubt.
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