Everything's in shambles

Nur Jahan, Chittagong
After basking in power for three and a half years, Awami League-led government suddenly remembered that it had pledged many things to the people to get elected. The government has now declared that it is not at all concerned with the opposition's ultimatum, it will rather concentrate on fulfilling the pledges it made to the people. The realisation came too late. In the meantime, people's sufferings have become unbearable -- they are facing acute shortage of electricity, gas and water; prices of essentials are going up day by day; criminal activities increased manifold; corruption in every sector is eating away the vitals of the country. Road accidents are taking huge tolls; traffic jam has reached such a level that people have become very frustrated. In short, everything is in a shambles. It is the government's sacred duty to ensure the welfare of the people but the government is busy contriving ways on how to subdue the opposition political party.