Shipping minister's interference
We can rest assured that depressing news will be awaiting us every day. As usual, on September 12 we learned that The National Road Safety Council meeting ended without any fruitful result. But it was not surprising because it was chaired by the Communications Minister Abul Hossain and dominated by the Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan. Both of them were severely criticized; people also demanded the communications minister's resignation.
It is foolish to expect that any solution coming from them will benefit the people. The communications minister will remain busy with the $2.9 billion Padma Bridge and nearly $2 billion elevated expressway and the shipping minister will insist on giving driving licenses without proper test declaring that education is not necessary to drive a vehicle. We are outraged by the shipping minister's meddling with the road safety issues.
It has been disclosed that 60 journalists were forced out of the meeting on road safety asdemanded by the Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan. This is too much.
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