Return the money to the public exchequer

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IT is rather pathetic that the "Hon." Speaker gobbled up Tk. 2.8 million (28 lakh) of the tax payers' money on his medical expenses abroad. The point is not whether it was spent legally or illegally.
If he has ever visited a government hospital he could have seen hundreds of critically ill patients lying on the floors and corridors unable to buy the very basic life saving medicines. Taka 2.8 million could have saved thousands of such lives.
He must also know that a government servant gets a mere Tk 500 per month to meet his medical expenses. He quotes precedence, which itself is unethical. As custodian of democratic norms and values, the least he can do is to tender a public apology and return the money to the government exchequer.
Rafiq ul Islam
27/3 Jurain North,
Dhaka.