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Culture means the way of living, eating, talking & learning. It includes people’s values & beliefs as well. It has a broader & wider meaning. It comprises music, literature, drama & other aspects of fine arts too. Bangladesh has a rich & distinct culture & tradition. This culture & tradition is rooted in its soil. We have a rich heritage of music. We have different types of songs. A new type of classical music was introduced in the eighteenth century. The background of folk songs is the rural setting of life, nature, human joys & sorrows. The new era in music was created by Amir, the great musician. With the union of Persian & indigenous music, he created a new type of music. 

Bangladeshi culture is gradually being replaced by the alien culture. At present satellite channels are playing the vital role in this regard. Bangladesh is rich in traditional folk songs. The major songs of our soil are Sari & various folk songs. But these songs are losing their appeal. Bangladesh is a land of music. Her folk songs are an integral part of her culture. They reflect the life & mind of her people more faithfully than anything else. Our people are also fond of modern Bengali songs. But our songs are being invaded by the western music, band music & pop song. We should guard against their harmful effect & accept their good qualities only. The changes of the entertaining sources should not be encouraged. To preserve our culture is our sacred duty. In other words, culture reflects the inner life of a nation.

The condition of the street children is deplorable. It has become a grim issue in Bangladesh. They have no family environment. These children have no hearth & home. They have to live under the open sky. They roam around in the city in search of livelihood. They somehow manage a room to sleep somewhere at night. But all too often, they pass their nights in the street under the open sky. They earn their livelihood by working hard. They have to do many hazardous jobs. They are low paid & are deprived of education & health care & nutrition. They are always exploited & repressed easily. Most of the street children have no family identity. They are born & brought up in the streets. Most of them are forsaken by their parents. Some of them have rather father or mother. They are deprived of parental love, affection & care. They are deprived of the happiness & security of family life. They suffer from the lack of education & health care, safe water, proper fo

There is no single right method of learning a language. The main ways are reading, listening, writing, speaking, memorizing, learning grammar & so on. They vary from person to person. Students often memorizing English topics to pass the exams. Some love to listen to English on CNN & BBC programs. Some read English newspapers & novels & the rest like to speak in English with their friends. But in my opinion, learners should work simultaneously with all the four skills of language i.e. reading, writing, listening & speaking. It is better to practice English without too much attention on being correct all the time. I always try to improve my English by using all the skills at a time. It works well. I fell myself fairly well in English & am happy with my overall progress. I know I should not lose heart if & when I get stuck or commit mistakes. 

A banyan tree is a huge tree spread over a large area around it. The most interesting things with banyan trees are that stems come out to ground as an outgrowth of branches & support the extending branches round the tree. It’s a popular abode of birds. For its shade, people usually tired passers-by & cowboys take rest sitting under this tree. Its leaves are a common food for cattle. It’s a center for social events too. Local meetings & discussions are often held under banyan trees. People also sit there just to gossip, or play chess or cards. A banyan tree has a strong religious attachment with the people of his region. The banyan tree is the inseparable part of our history of independence. They are the great historians. We must take care of the banyan trees of our country.

In Bangladesh the common foods are rice, fish & pulses. People also eat, wheat, potatoes & other seasonal vegetables, beef, mutton, chicken, eggs, bread & other bakery products & all sorts of local fruits. Among fishes shrimps & hilsa are exported abroad &, they are therefore expensive & rare. All these, we call common foods, because these are available in Bangladesh & people like them very much as well. We can find them around us. Most of our food items are nutritious. All fruits are also rich in food value. We like all these Bangladeshi foods because we are habituated to eat them. It’s a sense of nationalism, that prompts us to take indigenous items of food & fruits.

Any fair is a social gathering. It is organized to promote business & exhibit products, both agricultural & industrial. It has been being held in our country for the last few years. This year it was held at Shre-E-Bangla Nagar. I went there with my parents to visit the fair & to buy a television set. Going there I was amazed to see so many stalls arranged orderly. There were stalls of arts, crafts, agricultural & industrial goods. Jute & jute goods, cane products, wood goods were the best displayed & exportable goods of Bangladesh. Apart from these items, various electronics goods, computers etc. also were displayed. I was tempted to buy a computer set, but I could not do so for want of money. However, we bought a nice television set & then returned home. After visiting the fair, I realized that buy holding such fairs Bangladesh can enter into new business. Through this fair we can draw the attention of the foreign buyers to our products, & thus our ec