Justice delayed,
justice denied!
According to the provision of Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, the trial of rape case has to be finalized within 180 days. Because of the culture of impunity as well as absence of speedy trial, this heinous crime- rape is being multiple in recent times.
It is worth mentioning that the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act is one of the most ineffective existing acts in Bangladesh. Statistics shows that only 3 per cent of the lawsuits filed to head towards the court has come to a legal ending. Therefore, execution of the act and the trial process of this damn crime should be surveilled properly. Along with incorporating the provision of death penalty, some other prime barriers to the faster trial process like- the lack of witness protection system, want of gender sensitization of the justice sector actors, absence of timely medico-legal examination, deficiency of sentence discretions of judges and lethargy trial period must be dispelled.
A rapist is being penalized in faster pace in Bangladesh- we, the citizen, strongly desire to witness this much sought scenery in the days ahead and it is our ultimate urge to the state authority.
Nazifa Nawara
Sadar Rangpur
Say ‘no’ to war!
The world is now going through a horrible situation. Russia -Ukraine war has left negative impact on world economy. World economy is greatly hampered due to corona pandemic, After that, this war is now a major issue for the world. Besides, China-Taiwan situation is also going tensed. Now the situation seems that next world war will start very soon. Already world has observed the economical impact of corona and Russia-Ukraine war. Economy of different country has already broken, Sri Lanka announced itself bankrupt. Cost of fuel has increased world wide as Russia is a major fuel supplier country in the world. Even our government is now facing problem for importing fuel. Ukraine is also a supplier of sunflower oil, wheat, maize and barley.
Inflation rate has also increased at an alarming rate in many countries. Price rise also occurs due to this crisis. Lower income and middle income families become more frustrated. Bangladesh imports 80 per cent wheat of its total demand. Fifty percent of them come from Russia and Ukraine region. As the cost of fuel has been increased in international market, it also hampers our electricity production. It is now difficult for a country like Bangladesh to import gas and fuel with more currency. So a major problem has been already created in world’s economy. Any further war can make it more difficult.
K. M. Masum Billah
Officer, Janata Bank
