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Daily Star, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Friday, April 25, 2008
Silent famine
A man with a pale face, skeleton like figure in dirty dress has been
living for some days in front of a community centre (Mirpur -6) beside
a drain with no roof, no cot but he is living there as if it were his
house. Who knows when he had bathed last and for how many days he has
been starving (without meal). People cannot stay at the place where he
lives. However, he is one of the many homeless people in Dhaka city.
This clearly shows that Dr. Akbar Ali Khan rightly observed that a
silent famine is going on in Bangladesh.
The present government which came to power for only three months and
to arrange a free, fair and credible election should acknowledge the
situation. But ironically it is not doing so, rather we found the
responsible people making fun with the poverty of the hapless people
by advising them to eat potato, instead of rice. However, my question
to the people who gave the potato theory: did you try potato instead
of fast food at your home or in any advisory council meeting? We know
the answer must be: No. So don't you think you are being unkind? My
request to the people at the helm: acknowledge the famine like
situation first and try to solve the problem.
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