Unemployed youths are being cheated
At present, many fraudsters are active in the country in the name of providing jobs. Some of these horrible people are taking lakhs of taka from unemployed youths to give jobs in the garment factories, security offices and other companies assuring attractive salaries. They use various tactics.
Sometimes they personally interact with the job seekers; sometimes they try to attract through advertisements in newspapers. To make the job offer credible, they rented luxurious offices in the city’s posh areas and trying to trap unemployed youth. After that, they snatched a large amount of money from the job seekers and left the place.
The main victims of the fraudsters are university and college students. They are being trapped with offering part-time jobs during the study period. Especially in the name of recruiting in banks, insurance, MLM and other companies with lucrative salaries, students are being cheated. Attractive job advertisements are given in different places including various public places in Dhaka and also in the social networking sites to get the attention of the unemployed youths.
Job seekers need to be aware of the reality and the situation without forgetting the sweet words of the bad guy. If ever such a thing is admitted, the police should be informed immediately. Some Facebook accounts have to be shut down, the job portals have to be kept under strict supervision and the fake ones have to be banned in no time.
Abir Hasan Suzon
Department of Land Management and Law
Jagannath University
Anarchy in transport fares irks people
The public transport sector, which has fallen into a state of decay and anarchy, is not a new reality in Bangladesh. The decision to increase transport fares unilaterally by the concerned transport authorities without taking into account the transport cost meeting capability of the masses is very disappointing.
The authorities concerned could have thought a little more about adjusting the domestic selling price with the increased fuel price in the international market by reducing the tax or import duty. In addition, the decision to increase transport fares was not practical as well as not taken following a pragmatic thought. So, many CNG-run public types of transport as per the increased rates of diesel, have burdened the public with additional fares as usual which is in fact a part of the deadly kind of fare-raising anarchy.
If the increment in transport fares is not commensurate with the rising cost of fuel, on the whole, it could lead to a major crisis in common. At the same time, if the recent fare anarchy in the transport sector is not stopped, it will have a gravely negative impact on the cost of living of citizenry in a multidimensional approach.
Wares Ali Khan
Rangpur City
