Jail-killing Day

By M. Sirajul Islam Molla, Green Road, Dhaka
29 November 2005, 18:00 PM
The Daily Star is the most favourite newspaper of mine and obviously I am a regular subscriber of it. I like most of its news, features, articles and editorials. The article of the daily that I like most is the 'News Commentary' by you. When you write some commentary, I read it first without any pause and eyeing on any other news items. Your most recent commentary on "Burying our heads in the sand, living in the world of blaming others" is an example of a bold attempt to let people know the ill characters of our politicians both in the government and the opposition.

However, the news of the 'Jail-killing Day' published on 3 November 2005 did not get much importance. It was a one-column news and was printed at the bottom of the front page on 3 November which I think got very little priority. After reading the small news I went to the editorial page with the hope that the news had been given due attention in the editorial, but alas, it wasn't! The two items on the editorial column were 'Wishing all a glorious Eid' and 'Lackadaisical traffic campaign'. The first one was perfectly all right, but the second item though timely, could come a day before 3 November or later after the Eid holidays, and the 'Jail-killing Day' should have been covered in the editorial.

While the country is being ruled by the people whose predecessors gave immunity to the killers; the history of our liberation war is being distorted frequently; the Bangabandhu Murder Case is not making any progress and many other things against the spirit of liberation war are happening. The people of the country expect due honour for the great sons of this land.