Comments on news report

“Nothing to worry about,” published on August 31, 2014

Richard Durivage
Dumb statement.

Anonymous
Yes, state minister, you are right. There is nothing to worry about because the murdered people don't belong to your family. They are ordinary citizens.

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“Extreme poverty in the CHT context” (August 31, 2014)

Munawar
I have been visiting the hill tracts since 1964. Bandarban in those days was totally isolated. With new roads the situation is much better in many ways, but new issues have emerged. One of them is unemployment, as the writer has raised, the other is encroachment of settlers. In order to attract industrial investment, reliable electric supply is essential. There are opportunities for investment, for example in the fruit and vegetable sector. If canning facilities are made available, pineapples and other fruits can be canned and shipped out to the rest of the country, we can even think of export.

Saleh Md. Shahriar
Extreme poverty! There are lots of NGOs and donor organisations working to reduce poverty. What are they doing if poverty level remains so extreme?