Bangladesh response to the first article, curiously sent from the External Publicity wing of the Government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and not, as is customary, from the Head of the Diplomatic Mission in the concerned capital (as was done by the Saudi Arabian Ambassador in London on some Arab issues, that appeared just before the Bangladesh letter in the Economist ). And the follow-up pieces with provocative titles as above (August 13, 2011 issue), hence, would obviously go without any further rejoinder. The governments do not go sabre-rattling against the international media of long-standing repute alleging ’smear-campaign’ and ‘acting out other quarter’s agenda’. And then somewhat illogically impute a double standard on the same weekly as it had given a certificate of clean elections three years ago. Bangladesh’s limp letter, badly drafted and ill-crafted as it indeed was, missed an opportunity to garner the sympathy and understanding of the global readership. Instead, we come out as a pitiable failure to recognise our flaws and hobbling on with a blinkered view of the real world out there. [Read More]

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Source: Weekly Blitz :: Writings