Reopen closed stations
About 186 railway stations have been closed on account of acute man power crisis out of 457 stations, transpiring a very sad state of the Bangladesh Railway. One hundred more may be shutdown if no effective measures, including of recruitment of trained hands, are taken.
Railway engineers say that the distance between the two railway stations should not be more than six miles in order to check accidents and for proper maintenance of railway track. But for the closure of a large number of stations, the distance between the two stations has gone up by two to three times, and the number of accidents in the recent time has increased.
As such, steps should be taken to reopen the closed railway stations. In this regard, the Bangladesh Railway officials may take the counsel of the Indian Railways.
Abdullah Akber
Dhaka
The ‘new class’
There has not been much analysis about the fall of the Soviet Union and the Communist Bloc although about 25 years have elapsed by this time. Karl Marx advocated for ‘Classless Society’ and ‘Theory of Surplus Value’ and it inspired crores of people, youths in particular, around the globe.
Former Yugoslavia communist leader Milovas Jelas wrote in his book named, ‘The New Class’ that the party, which campaigned for a classless society, itself became a class after capturing state power.
Consequently, it failed to fulfill the dream of the have-nots and the poor. Soon they turned their faces from the communist leaders. It happened so in Bangladesh also just after independence. Few exciting slogans like ‘Struggle, Struggle Class Struggle’, and ‘Revolution, Revolution Social Revolution,’ drew the supports of millions of people, the youths in particular. But for leadership crisis, the dream melted away.
It means that communism suffered a blow due to leadership crisis.
Shahadat Hossain
Dhaka
