Fake advertisements

How can the public know that these are being monitored and the defaulters are being prosecuted? It is the usual nouka-dubi (launch capsize) syndrome. The exorbitant 'service charges' should be controlled. Innocent job hunters and students might be caught in some traps; as is evident from recurrent news items on Bangladeshi migrants going abroad and being left stranded. It has become a fashion to seek education abroad. At what expense and credibility?

These advertisements should print Gob registration numbers. Also, the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the official checking agencies have to appear in the papers from time to time, so that applicants could check up on the validity of genuine advertisements. The government-controlled electronic media does not probe into such gray markets. Reactive governance is dangerous and damaging. We are still very weak in Operation and Maintenance routines at the public service level. There is some competition in the private sector, but swindling goes on in indirect ways. Reward and punishment philosophy is not being enforced.