The New Nation - Internet Edition

In the United States election Senator Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are fighting for the nomination from the Democratic party. Obama is doing very well, he won eleven elections in a row and it seems that people like him irrespective of race, religion, and age. Especially the young voters who are supporting him overwhelmingly.

But I am astonished and shocked by observing that republicans and supporters of Hillary Clinton are trying to portray Obama as a Muslim. They are repeatedly uttering his name as 'Barack Hussein Obama'which is quite an unnecessary and a dispicable action. By this smear politics McCain and Hillary are doing harm to themselves because people do not like this sort of politics at all.

It is heartening to learn that McCain regretted what had been said about Barack Obama at his campaign rally and we think it would be wise to refrain from circulating false accusations about each other and that it would uphold the image of the politicians.

Nur Jahan

Chittagong

One Little Rock resident's organisation is making a global impact. Kawser Jamal is the founder of Change Bangladesh, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to strengthening democratic reforms and building a grassroots movement for social change in his native country of Bangladesh. Three months after Cyclone Sidr, a category 4 hurricane devastated southwestern Bangladesh by killing 4,000 people and destroying millions of homes, Jamal continues his efforts to raise and distribute money in order to meet the massive needs of cyclone-affected communities.

In the midst of the ongoing recovery effort, Jamal's colleagues are affectionately calling him the Bangladeshi Barack, because, like Senator Barack Obama, Kawser Jamal is trying to educate and inspire the next generation of leaders and activists in Bangladesh by launching a new democratic reform initiative.

M. M. Chowdhury (Mithu)

USA