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Terrorism is a burning issue nowadays & the effects of terrorism are very fearful & dangerous. It’s born of the conflict of & greed for power, racial clash & the use of supremacy. Now command clash is very conspicuous. After the attack on the American World Trade Center & Pentagon, a group Al-Quaida is treated as a terrorist group all over the world. Several kinds of terrorism are occurring in the world. These are plane hijacking, acid throwing, the use of suicidal bomb, abduction etc. The terrorists make their network internationally so that they can make violence at any time & any place of the world. Their aim is to make bloody clashes. It creates a heinous impression in the eyes of the common folk. The terrorists are destroying communal harmony, equality, fraternity & brotherhood. So, we want peace in the world & not terrorism.

The grading system has of late been introduced in the SSC & HSC Examinations in place of the age old marking system. According to the old system the candidates were declared to have passed or failed in the examination & the successful students were placed in the first, second & third division according to the percentage of marks obtained by them. And they were declared to have secured the first, second, third place & son on according to the total marks. The unsuccessful candidates were required to take the whole exam again even if they failed in one subject only. But in the grading system the candidates are placed in A+, A, A-, B, C, D & F grade in each subject & there is no first, second or first place. Candidates failed in one or more subjects have to take the exam in these subjects only in the next year. The new system thus releases the students from the labor of taking exams in all subjects if they fail in one subject only as it was in the old system. And t

There was a time when Bangladesh had a very poor transportation system. But it is developing day by day. Highways, roads, big bridges are being constructed now. Transports of various kinds are available today. Among them travelling by train is the safest & most comfortable. The transports which are mostly available can be named as train, plane, launch, bus, car, tempo, coaster etc. It must be admitted that one must face hazards in travelling. The first hazard one faces is concerned with time schedule. Secondly, whether the transports are fit to move or not. Thirdly, rush of passengers. Fourthly, damage of roads by floods, traffic jam & impact of bad, clumsy & inclement weather in connection with plane & launch journey. The transport authority should frequently check whether the transports which ply to & from different directions, are fit to move or not. In addition, roads & highways should be developed. 

The rural women have to perform numerous tasks every day. Cooking foods, washing clothes, entertaining guests, looking after children, governing household are the routine work of a village women. Every day they have to perform their daily work. From down to night they have to work hard for their family. They spend hour before smoking, cooking stoves. It’s very harmful for their health. Landless & poor women are the most affected. Women’s participation in development activities is not encouraged. They can’t play any role in decision making. We have failed to involve women in our development work. But economic development without women’s participation is not possible. Their contribution to the welfare of the family is hardly recognized. It’s necessary to evaluate women’s work properly.