Living in a strange country
The management of newspapers are trying their best to reduce number of holidays for the press because newspaper is an essential service provider like the TV, Radio, etc. But, some quarters are out to thwart this commendable effort. If newspapers do not have holidays all over the world, then why is it being fought about against in Bangladesh?
Today (08-Nov), we the people of Chittagong, are going without any news because some associations in Chittagong successfully organised something that had forced the closure (on account of 7th November) of newspaper distribution. Hawkers even did not collect papers coming from Dhaka to the "Commercial Capital" of the nation.
Ironically, the hapless people of this city were led to believe that there is no newspaper in the country today. I went into the Internet and could, surely, read my favourite Daily Star. We live in a strange country- don't we?
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