A sigh of relief:

The letter “New visa procedures” (THT, Dec. 7), by Md. Abul Hossain, counsellor and head of Chancery, Bangladesh embassy in Kathmandu, gives Nepali students in Bangladesh a sense of relief. Hossain, the Bangladeshi embassy and THT have rightly addressed our problem. Nepali students hope they will not have to face problems obtaining visa extension in Dhaka in future.

Rajeev Jha, Bangladesh

Childish:

The Midway article “Be happy” (THT, Dec 6) was a childish piece. A regular reader of the Midway column, I feel the quality of the articles published in this section has been going down steadily. Most of the contributors to the Midway column seem to be juvenile. THT should publish only those articles which come up to a certain standard.

Moneeca Pradhan, via e-mail

Errors:

The number of grammatical and spelling mistakes in THT seems to be on the rise. If you pick up any issue of THT, you can spot quite a few mistakes. While one should make allowance for the fact that a daily newspaper, which is published hurriedly, is bound to contain errors, but it is also necessary that the errors should not be too many.

Roshan Rijal, Malpi Institute

Unclear:

It refers to the news report “Asiad bronze for Shahi’’ (THT, Dec. 8). Even after going through the entire story, I could not make out the sport in which Manita Shahi won the medal in the 15th Asian Games in Doha. My guess was karate. But, again, news should not be a guessing game.

Bhaskar Singh, via e-mail

Film fest:

The International Mountain Film Festival being held at the Russian Cultural Centre is an ill-managed affair. When we were there for the screening of one of the movies, we discovered, to our dismay, that the event was sold out as the “VIPs” had reserved all the tickets.

If the festival is not meant for common people too, why publicise it in the first place?

Manoj, Nirjal and Nischal, Boudha

Dismal:

The news report “Rolpa schools in a sorry state” (THT, Dec. 10), shows that the government is ignoring the education sector. The fact that 113 students are crammed inside a classroom, that the fines collected from the students go into paying teachers’ salaries, that the school lacks basic things like desks and benches, speaks volumes for the state of the school and of the apathy of the officials concerned.

Bishnu Panday, Nawalparasi

Protests:

The protests against the amendment to the Education Act, which seeks to make temporary teachers permanent without their having to take part in open competition, have continued for well over a week. Whether the students are right or wrong in their demands, the blocking of roads for hours, causing traffic jams, cannot be supported. They should find better ways of making their points.

Suniel R Dhakal, via e-mail