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DT<br />
12<br />
Editorial<br />
MONDAY, JULY 3, <strong>2017</strong><br />
TODAY<br />
Why I sued the<br />
federal government<br />
over air pollution<br />
Our case may be in the court system<br />
for years, but a win on the Supreme<br />
Court level will force the government<br />
to develop and implement a plan to<br />
rapidly reduce emissions<br />
PAGE 13<br />
RAJIB DHAR<br />
Worker safety is<br />
everyone’s concern<br />
Nefarious Eid heroes<br />
One can easily dismiss my concerns as<br />
just frivolous fun, but when year in year<br />
out we are given movies in the same<br />
template, there has to be some impact<br />
on young minds<br />
PAGE 14<br />
Our garments industry fetches about $25<br />
billion in foreign currency every year.<br />
Garments workers are the backbone<br />
of this industry and their safety should<br />
therefore be given the highest importance, but that is<br />
still not the case for many factories.<br />
While the renewal of the Accord by foreign<br />
companies -- designed to improve workplace safety<br />
-- is commendable, there are still millions of workers<br />
and thousands of factories left unprotected.<br />
According to recent investigations, factories<br />
monitored by the Bangladeshi government have<br />
barely made any progress in terms of safety.<br />
We can’t wait for foreign entities to fix our<br />
problems.<br />
We certainly appreciate the help, but we must pull<br />
our own weight here.<br />
We certainly appreciate<br />
the help, but we must<br />
pull our own weight<br />
here<br />
The right brand<br />
Corporations could play an enormous<br />
role in creating a positive and powerful<br />
identity of a nation<br />
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PAGE 15<br />
No country for communal violence<br />
A<br />
month after the Langadu attack, it is<br />
disheartening to see communal tensions<br />
continue to spread amongst the Adivasi and<br />
Bangali communities.<br />
What happened in Langadu was a terrible reminder<br />
that there were forces present in our midst that wished<br />
to wreak havoc amongst our peace-loving denizens.<br />
And, even now, there are questions as to what led<br />
to the attacks, with many parties trying to further<br />
instigate violence amongst the communities.<br />
The authorities must push the message forward<br />
that Bangladesh is a peaceful and secular nation<br />
that takes care of its minorities, and that communal<br />
violence will not be tolerated.<br />
With many Adivasis losing their homes in the<br />
attack, we must make sure nothing like this happens<br />
ever again.<br />
We must make sure<br />
nothing like this<br />
happens ever again