Good news, why not more of it!

Immediately after the last devastated deluge farmers did not wait till the institutions come to their rescue' who ever had any means started moving on, and even become more innovative than high salaried researchers, sow their seeds on the floating bed.

While the educated or so called enlightened mass is very much indulged deep into the matter that does not move the economic index or helps ease daily living, and those poor farmers or out of the sight remitters remain outside any scope of focus and the state incentives.

What is the total investment behind this earning that is helping tremendously to ease the current account of the state economy? Cattle, home or life savings -- that is initially invested by the millions, a majority of which gone into the pockets of those unscrupulous business houses (recruiting agents) many of whom happened to be politicians or supported by the politicians.

Even the state machinery seems put in place only to the advantage of the officials or the gatekeepers.

The suffering of these saviours of our economy, in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan even in Europe and North America goes beyond any human sufferings at a time and our state operators remain indulgent in affairs more in their own interest.

Much talked about and all prominent garment owners, being or not being a CIP, can threaten the traffic or custom officials in the airport for an illegitimate favour. It is not a sweeping comment, you can see has a worker, who remits every month without fail as he needs to support his family, is treated for an extra kilo before he boards, or as he off boards by the customs officials.

A nation setting firmly its focus on issues that have little relevance to economics or well being of our people can expect nothing but rhetoric.

If the expatriate Bangladeshis can send US$ 400 million as savings in a month, then what is the potential of their total release of fund in any time? Can you think that they can fund a vital infrastructure worth half a billion or more, which can be a quality control and testing laboratory for civil or mechanical equipment in BUET or Dhaka University, an API park for promising pharmaceutical industry, an important highway, a power plant, financing BAPEX or even buying petroleum or establishing another refinery? All or many of the above can be done without begging for fund from the big DFI's whose politics is greater than the interest rate they charge.

Country can benefit immensely provided the state authorities demonstrate a spirit of love for the well-being of its people. With a minimum rate, plus some incentives (the rate we pay to the big DFIs) in a script/security will attract millions, provided the asset base and proper operations with the fund are assured.