'Why would our people beg on the streets?' asked the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, while addressing the inaugural function of National Social Welfare Day 2010 at the Bangubandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka on Sunday . We do appreciate her posing that question.some days ago I went to Bhutan, where I could not find a beggar anywhere, and the country has almost no resources.Everyone there seems to be working their level best.The Bhutanese people love their king, but I could not find anything named after him.In Dhaka,you could see installations with the name of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman even within less than a kilometre from each other.There are three international airport in our country for a small number of passengers.Yet, the government has decided to build a new one, possibly only for the purpose of naming it after Sheikh Mujib, at the cost of scarce cultivable land and money .To do this, the incumbent government will be begging for loan.Can we ask why the prime minister herself is begging?
"Carpool in Dhaka"- Recently the finance minister has suggested that one way to reduce traffic congestion is to ban private cars with two or less passengers from plying .This is totally undemocratic and draconian if applied for 24 hours.However,if it is applied for commuter traffic only,then it may be feasible .In such a scheme ,the rush hour should be short and no longer than 90 minutes, and it may stop an empty car from returning home to do duties at the house which is unrelated with commuting to an office or work place to earn a living .
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