Threat to WB director
As reported in the September 11 DS internet edition, in response to the World Bank Country Director being threatened and leaving Bangladesh, the Prime Minister's Political Secretary, Harris Chowdhury, told the BBC Radio, "We have no idea if she (Wallich) has received a bomb threat. The threat could be for fun or real." The story indicated he alleged a vested quarter is trying to destabilise the country through such threats and grab headlines, targeting foreign delegates, and "We don't consider such threats serious. Still, we are taking all-out measures." While it's hard to comprehend that his office didn't check with appropriate authorities to see if there was a threat, it's incomprehensible that he can say that the threat can be for fun. The threat may not be real, but a death threat CANNOT be fun. And it's further incomprehensible, even if there weren't recent attacks and bombings, for someone at the Political Secretary's level to say that they don't consider such threats serious enough. Even if there were no recent attacks the police and other law enforcement agencies should consider every threat serious until they investigate and determine otherwise.
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