Readers’ Forum

Congratulations to Asian Cup winners

Australia from Oceania continent captured the coveted Asian Cup Football title in their 3rd appearance, beating South Korea 2-1 in a keenly contested final match in Melbourne on Saturday.
Australia Football Federation in order to ensure Aussies berth in the World Cup Football finals on every occasion applied to the FIFA for the AFC affiliation and got it in 2006. In 2014, they were one of the four Asian representatives, whereas Oceania champions New Zealand played Mexico in the play-off and were eliminated.
Coming back to the Aussies triumph in the Asian Cup, the journey to the peak was not easy, rather cumbersome. They lost to South Korea by a snap goal at the group stage and finished second. The players, howbeit, after shock defeat summoned their courage and skills, and outclassed China and UAE on way to the final.
Football is a game of goal, said Zico, the Brazilian star after surprise defeat to Italy in the 1982 World Cup Football quarterfinals. Another important result determining factor is refereeing.
Finally, we congratulate the Aussies team for grand success in the Asian Cup and hope that they will soon land in Bangladesh to play FIFA international or to take part in any competition.
Abdullah Akber
Dhaka

Let us live in peace

It cannot be that innocent men and women, old and children will be burnt to death or will bear the severe sting of petrol bomb until death, and we shall continue to watch it safely from the safe distance. Whoever he is must be caught dead or alive. Dead if the killers try to resist expedition to arrest them, and alive in order to put them to trial for justice.
Both masterminds and the executors are not only killing innocent people, they are also creating anarchy in the society, trying to make it unfit for habitation. About the anarchy, we read in the Al-Quran, Surah Baqarah, Verses No. 193 and 217 that anarchy is severer than slaughter.
So, we want justice, right to live in peace, and severe punishment to the anarchy creators, and killers.
Ameer Hamzah
Dhaka