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Monday, March 31, 2008

[chottala.com] Commissions - Are these autonomous bodies serving the nation as deserved?

Commissions - Are these autonomous bodies serving the nation as deserved?
Public hearing by the different commissions has to be absolutely introduced and practiced.


Once you open TV, the number of talking heads have increased a lot - with addition to the different commission members. These commissions are supposed to be doing important regulatory works - not be engaged in PR. Public relations er dorkar ase, but journalists, among others should be doing their PR work by reporting what things are being done - not reporting what these peoples are talking today or tomorrow. I don't see many reasons why these members and commission chairmans should be talking to the press - media on a daily basis, while each of these commissions are burdened with so many unfinished works.

These commissioner not only talk to the press - media at their offices, by inviting the members of the press, they also attend different social events as guests on a daily basis. They go to these events and talk about their professional works on their way out of the events.
This has become a common scene and we are sick & tired of this. These people have been given responsibilities and position to serve the people. But they have become talking heads.

Instead, they should be doing their regulatory job. One important thing that is missing from the work-schedule of these commissions are public hearings. These commissioners are supposed to hold public hearings on a regular basis on different matters of public interest that relates to their commission's work. Through these public hearings, they are supposed to know the opinions of the general public and make policies accordingly. These public hearings are a point of input - commissioners hear from the public, not the reverse.

However, our commissioners do not think that they have an obligation to hear from the citizens at an formal setting. Rather started to give lessons to the citizens - instead of learning from them. This is a practice that will certainly has to be changed.

Bottomline: Stop accepting invitations for becoming chief guests in social events. Save those for your retired lives. Now do your job for which you are being entrusted with. Arrange public hearings - a lot of them. By public hearings, we do not mean the PR events that ACC is doing. Those might be necessary - but leave those to your surrogates. Do formal public hearings - in designated places. Talk less - do more.

The same thing goes with the justices - both from the supreme court and the high court. Sometimes it seems that our justices do not have much work to do. They give so many speeches and attend social events. Someone outsider would be shocked to know that these justices have pile after pile of work stacked - which they can not finish even if they work 24 hours a day. Yet, they have time to go to social events - give speeches while regular citizens go without justice!! We as a nation often boost that we now have an independent judicial system. But how do you make these justices independent who do not know how to prioritize their time?

I hope this message would reach the desk of Chief Justice, Chief Election Commissioner, Chief of ACC, Chief of BTRC, Chief of many other national commissions. Among all these, so far, we have seen that BTRC has held a public hearing. This type of events should increase 10-fold and socializing should decrease 10-fold.

If you thought some of the ideas are worth of your reading time, please forward it to others. If you have an ear to the columinsts in regular traditional media, please forward it to them. If you have an ear to the journalists and news editors of the electronic media, discuss it with them. Hope they would look at the suggestions and give due diligence. 
 
Thanks for your time,
Innovation Line
 
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Dear readers, also, if you thought the article was important enough so it should come under attention of the head of the government please forward the message to them. Email address for the Chief Advisor: feeedback@pmo.gov.bd_ or at http://www.cao.gov.bd/feedback/comments.php . The more of you forward it to them, the less will be the need to go back to street agitation. Use ICT to practice democracy. It is already proven that this government responds to the feedback.

Also send to different commissions and members of the judiciary.

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[chottala.com] SK+F at Boishakhi TV with Int'l Doctors' Day

Dear all,

You will be delighted to know that tonight at 10.45 PM, Eskayef and Boishakhi TV will jointly arrange a live talk show at Boishakhi studio on International Doctors' day! The program will be participated by two renowned specialist local doctors and also officials from Eskayef. Dr. Anisul Awwal, PhD, Deputy Director, Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN) will be the presenter of the discussion program.

You all are requested to watch the program and if possible to participate it actively by giving the live phone call.

With the best regards,

Dr. Mohammad Mizanur Rahman

Medical Services Manager,

Eskayef Bangladesh Limited,

158, Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Block E, Banani,
Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh.

http: //www.skfbd.com
Work phone : +88-02-8835758-61 Extension 152,
Cell phone : +88-01714041392,
Email : drmizan@skf.transcombd.com


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