READERS RESPOND

"Gang rape in microbus" (May 23, 2015)

Tarek Mollah
I cannot imagine the psychological ordeal the victim is going through! If this event was in case of a politician, agencies would have jumped into action. Nonetheless, police acted on the complaint and sent the victim for medical examination. Timely approach is needed since the animals are increasing in numbers these days.  Apprehend the culprits quickly.

Anik Khan
How can punishment be ensured? If the IGP of police calls it "dustumi?"

Saleh Chowdury
In a country where the prime minister, speaker and leader of the opposition are women, it's very unfortunate that rape has become an epidemic there.

Shafiqul Islam Shawon
If police want, they can arrest those culprits within 24 hours. But the fact is, we didn't forget the sexual assault that occurred in Pahela Baishakh. 

Abrar Ahmed
This needs to stop immediately. Rapists should be handed over to civilians.

Sarah Alvisse-Mosbergen
How sick can a mind get!

Wahid Hossain
That's extremely heinous. We want swift arrest of those hyenas and proper justice for the victim.

Wishper Eshan
Shame, shame. These guys are worse than animals.

Moshiuzzaman Isan
The culprits must be immediately identified and brought forward for trial.

Md Al-Amin
These rapists are wild beasts. The culprits must be brought to book and should be served an exemplary punishment.

"Gang-rape in the capital" (May 24, 2015)

Farkad Sanji
The situation is getting out of control and nobody is taking any necessary steps.

Ahmed Farhad Salim
Laws alone cannot stop these heinous crimes. Education is the key. We need to root out the socio-psychological causes which create these monsters. Rather than fighting the criminals, we need to fight the crime.

Durdanto Hriday
The only identity of a rapist is that he is a rapist. Rapists do not belong to any particular cultural/ ethnic group. Nor do they belong to the human race.

Dipak Karmaker
We have failed to create a safe environment for our women. Only heaven knows when in the world our women will be treated as equal to men. 

Sadeq Hasan Mridha
What the heck are our law enforcement agencies doing?

Shah Alam
The culprits should be awarded capital punishment. 

Faysal Zakaria Vivevs
What are we becoming? A land of rapists?

Lal Shobuz Potaka
Law and order situation is getting worse day by day. All kinds of crimes including rape are on the rise. The law enforcing agencies 
should be more vigilant.

"Gang-rape of Garo woman pre-planned: Police" (May 26, 2015)

Shah Aziz
What an ordinary and cheap statement (often they use)! It's a pity!

Mehdi Azam
Ok now take action against those criminals; we can't only have press briefings.

Abu S Rony
And obviously the planners were Jamaat-Shibir men! 

"Steps needed against illegal migrants too: Says PM" (May 25, 2015)

Muntaha Chowdhury
Punish the sexual assaulters before punishing these unfortunate people.

Sandra Basgall
What they need is to get out of poverty, not more punishment. They are already being punished for being poor.

Ahmed Farhad Salim
The current MP of Cox's Bazar has been accused by many as one of the leading human traffickers. 
This issue needs to be addressed and investigated.

Sohrab Khan
Previously, we saw it written on the ticket of Saudi Arabian airlines: "death penalty for drug traffickers". But there was nothing about the punishment of drug users. Their government tried to rehabilitate them in different ways. But our honourable PM declared punishment for both the traffickers and the victims. 

The traffickers are the criminals, they should be punished severely. On the other hand, instead of punishing the victims, 
government should try to rehabilitate them.

Sohel Rana
Create job opportunities rather than punish them.

Nakib Ahmed
These people go abroad due to poverty. I think the PM needs to understand this.

"An insensitive remark" (May 26, 2015)

S.M. Tofazzel Hossain
As a worker in a trafficking victim support centre, I would have been happy to hear a different comment from the PM.

Sohel Nadir Khan
She insulted those unfortunate people by her remarks.

Rabeya Rahman
Was the speech an extempore? If it is a written statement containing the offensive words, then the speech writer is responsible. 
Yet I would say, the points were not systematically placed in the speech and the remark is an aberration. Otherwise it is a good speech. I read it twice.

Aakash Usha
If anyone wants to go abroad for a better life, he/she should take the legal path.