Poor postal service
I refer to the news published on page 22 of the Daily Star on 16 Jan. 2008 regarding the present "Postal Service in Bangladesh".
We note that the Govt. has recently increased the "Postal Charges" on certain items.
People do not mind paying a little bit more if the service is "Prompt and Efficient".
Unfortunately, the Postal Service in our country is really inefficient. It takes a letter a long time to reach the destination. Sometime the letters go missing, causing much agony to the senders.
Many countries of the world provide very good "Postal Service" at reasonable cost to the people. Our neighbouring country India provides good and efficient "Postal Service" to people at a reasonable cost. Why not take some "Technical Assistance" from India to improve our postal services? After all, we are together in Saarc and meet very often. We can also take technical assistance from the UK, USA, European Union and other friendly countries.
As per your report, our postal dept. is losing about Tk. 200 crore every year due to inefficient operation. This is not acceptable. The government must take prompt action to improve the postal services.
I would humbly request our Adviser in charge of the postal department to look into this matter and take corrective measures for improving the postal services in Bangladesh.
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