Shafi Bhai, Salam ! Apnar mailer jonno donnobad. Ami apnar mail porechi. Apni July er kato tarikhe Noakhalite jacchen bolen ni. Asa korchi janaben. Aar jara oe somoye Noakhalite thakben apnake somoy dibe nischae. Apnar Chele Belar sriti janar opekkhae roelam. Valo thakben. Khaleda
--- On Fri, 6/6/08, Borhanuddin Shafi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Borhanuddin Shafi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [ Noakhali Online Group ] Mass arrests have created panicky situation. To: [email protected] Date: Friday, June 6, 2008, 2:44 PM Dear all, Aasalamuwalikum wr.wb. I hope you all are doing well. Thanks Sumit for your postings and sharing your thoughts. Well, I have two points to mention, first and foremost we have to raise awareness from ourselves. That should be starting point and obviously it should start from 'myself'. I sometimes think, What have I done for Bangladesh? Can't find any answers. Secondly, 'awareness' might be a start but unfortunately that's not the final call or the answers to 'bribery' or other socio-economic issues. These have lot to do with 'Economics'. How much does a civil servant earn, let alone the general public? Can they survive on this money? Yes, I know that they should not have joined the Civil Service if they thought that they could not survive on their salary.... Well these are just my thoughts! I was reading a report Alliance Bernstein - Global Economic Outlook May 2008. As per this report, the food price has increased by 75% on an average and I am sure many of you are aware of this. The obvious question is how will our people cope with all these in the long run. Once again, I am not an economist or an expert in this field but I believe we have to emphasize on 'Agriculture' for non-reliance on foreign countries. Anyway,Sumit keep it up! It's is always good to know about different thoughts of people and I don't see anything wrong with that as long as we don't loose our control on our arrogance or cross the border line. Thanks for your postings and the time. I am sorry that I don't write much at all, as it's bit hard for me to find time with a full time job and professional studies; however I make sure that I read all the posts. Thanks to those who have shared their 'chelabela'. My childhood was extremely interesting and hopefully one day I will share it with all of you. I will be visiting Bangladesh in July and obviously will visit 'Noakhali' (Maizee/sonapur/ Begumgonj) and will stay there for two days. I will also visit Noakhali Zilla School, where I was a student of class 6 and 7. It will be great to meet some of the Noakhali group members if they have time. Finally, for a long time I was thinking of doing something for Bangladesh in an easy way where Bangladeshi' s living overseas can contribute towards their motherland with very minimal financial commitments. We are in the process of forming a registered charity in 'Australia'. There is still quite a bit of work to be done in this regard. Those of you interested to find out more can visit 'Let'sworkforbangla desh' in yahoo groups. We already have a domain and have to work on that. The similar group also exists in Face book- ' Let's work for Bangladesh in any shape or form' The response that I got from our community members from here and some other countries were really motivating. Well this is all for today. I hope this email will not take a lot of your time!!!! I have an exam on 16th of this month and really have to start studying. Please keep up the 'Noakhali Spirit'. Thank you. Regards, B.Shafi (bijoy)
