Objective stories
Recently, the ruling party men and the government are at odds with the newspapers. In some recent reports, newspapers have exposed corruption of some ministers. I think that newspapers are playing the role that we common people expect of them. We need to know what the ministers are doing with public money. Some recent reports hinted at involvement of one ruling party leader in the widely publicised murder of Sagir Ahmed. Again we common people want to know whether our political leaders are involved in criminal activities or not.
In Bangladesh, we are living in a helpless situation. The ruling alliance is doing whatever it wishes. The alliance's men are found to be involved in the killings of opposition MPs. Our only hope lies in the newspapers. Newspapers can form public opinion against all sorts of misdeeds of the ruling alliance.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. They are exposing the truth and that makes the government unhappy. That is why the government is trying to take action against newspapers.