Govt should avail WB loan
Four letters written from abroad were published in The Daily Star on August 27, 2012. The writers are Sikandar Ahmed from Kenya, Sue Packham from Australia, Saleh Mohammed Ayub from USA and Fazlur Chowdhury from UK. They are deeply concerned and very upset by the current situation of the country. They expressed their views on many issues -- about the harassment of Prof. Yunus, about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's interview with world famous journalist Stephen Sackur of BBC, her attending the opening and closing ceremonies of Olympics at the expense of the people of Bangladesh, etc. Fazlur Chowdhury from UK thanked Communications Minister Obaidul Quader for apologising to the people for their sufferings. We also thank him and expect that he will be able to rescue the sector which was on the brink of ruin by the negligence of the former Communications Minister Abul Hossain.
We learned from the August 27, 2012 issue of The Daily Star that a loan defaulter businessman and a junior minister who is a powerful leader of Awami League are misguiding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina about Malaysia's capacity to handle the bridge construction. They have met the prime minister and the communications minister several times to persuade them into accepting the Malaysian proposal. But it will be a blunder; it will be disastrous for the country.
We fervently request the communications minister to convince Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that the government should avail the World Bank loan, at any cost.
We are surprised by learning that the prime minister has not yet consented to the idea of her adviser Mashiur Rahman's resignation, which is one of the conditions of the World Bank. The prime minister should have the courage to face the reality and act accordingly.
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