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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.

Systematic & formulated knowledge is called science. Science is the study of the nature & behavior of the physical & natural world & society through observation & experiment. It has made various inventions for the comfort & development of human knowledge. The inventions of various medicines, means of transport & communication, machineries are the various gifts of science. The various inventions of science have made our lives easy & comfortable. We are indebted to science for all the comforts of life, easy & speedy transport & communication & long healthy life. Science has also made destructive weapons like atom bombs & hydrogen bombs which can kill millions of people within a short time. Thus the gifts of science can be the worst curse. But science is not responsible for this. It’s the wicked brain of man which is responsible for this curse. Science proves to be a blessing if & when it is used properly. And it is a curse when it is m...

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...

A teacher is a person who imparts knowledge to his pupils. A teacher having vast knowledge of his subject, possessing the quality of regularly, honestly, sympathy etc. is called a good teacher. He is the pivotal element in teaching systems. So he must have strong personality. But he should also be friendly with his students. He needs to make his teaching interesting & lively. He discovers the latent talent of the students, finds out their weaknesses & strengths & make them feel confident. In a word, he is a friend, guide & philosopher for his pupils.

The statue of Liberty is a great achievement for the people of the United State of America. The statue symbolizes liberty in the form of a woman wearing flowing robes & a spiked crown. She holds a torch aloof in her right hand & carries in her left a book inscribed July 4, 1776. Broken chains, symbolizing the overthrow of tyranny lie at her feet. The statue was designed by the French sculpture Frederic Bartholdi. France raised funds by popular subscription to pay for the state: Us dinors finance the pedestal & installation of the monument. President Grover Cleveland dedicated the work on October 28, 1876. The statue the Island & nearby Eills Island were declared a national monument in 1924. It is conceived as a gesture of international friendship. It stands on Liberty Island, in the Harbour of New York.

A  person who works in the postal department & carries out the postal orders & letters to the addressee is known as a postman. He is a familiar figure both in village & town. He usually puts on a ‘khaki’ dress. He has a leather bag hung by his side. He carries letter, money orders, small parcels & other postal articles in it. His duty starts early in the morning. He is petty servant. But his work is very important. He is very punctual & responsible in his work. He is honest, active, well-behaved & dutiful. He is as regular as a clock. He leads a miserable life as he gets poor salary. He works six days in a week & has very few holidays. A postman plays an important role in our daily life. His failure in duties may cause great harm to the people. Sometimes he brings news of joy & sometimes of grief. But he is always welcome to us for his important service.

A clock is a time indicator instruments. It is very useful in our life. It is kept on the wall of the house. It measures our life. It may be made of steel or rubber frame. It has two pointers-one is for minute & the other for hour. The bigger is for pointing minutes & the smaller for pointing hours. It has also another pointer for pointing second. It ticks & ticks without any break. If it stops, the whole thing is at a standstill. A clock is most useful for a student. It helps us to know the time. A clock may have an alarm. If we fix it to some point, it can produce an alarm sound. Then it can remind us of our work. Clocks are of different sizes-some are round & some are of rectangular shape. Some look very attractive. They can add to the beauty of a room. But their function is more important.

A fisherman is a person who earns his livelihood by catching & selling fishes. Generally a fisherman lives by the rivers, big canals, marshy lands & seas for his professional advantages. A fisherman lives with his family. He works hard all day & all night. He is always busy in making his fishing nets, repairing them, taking care of his fishing boat, dying & painting them. He passes most of his time in fishing in the river & in the sea. Sometimes he goes in the deep sea for fishing & his family becomes anxious about his safe return. He faces dangers. He has no radio set & motor boats. He can’t listen to the weather warning. So he can’t return to the store safety. A fisher man leads a very poor life. He has hardly nets & boats of his own. He is not given loans on easy terms. His face beams with smile when he catches a lot of fish. A fisherman does much good to us by supplying us with fish. So a fisherman plays an important role like a farmer.

Arsenic means violently poisons white compound of brittle element. Now is element is detected to be present in large qualities in the tube-well water of the many district of Bangladesh. By drinking arsenic polluted water people get affected seriously. Drinking of water polluted by arsenic causes many diseases like sores & stomachic troubles. Among them arsenicosis is the most common disease & it causes serious health hazard. So, urgently it is needed to be checked. By raising public awareness it can be prevented. At present, an antidote is discovered to purity water polluted by arsenic. Besides, the World Bank has agreed to extend all possible help to mitigate the arsenic problem in our country. So, the govt. should take necessary steps to check the arsenic pollution. 

A  library is a collection of books of different kinds written by different writers. A library is very essential to an education institution, because it is the storehouse of knowledge & most important for teachers & students. Our school possesses a library. It is on the grand floor of our school building. It is in the south-west corner & separated from the main building where the classes sit. The library consists of our rooms. Every room is very wide having rows of book-cases & bookshelves. There are eight thousand books in our library. There are arranged class-wise in different shelves. The collection of books covers a wide range of subjects. The library is a part & parcel of student life. It gives the students an opportunity for free reading according to their taste & choice. Students can peacefully go there & borrow books from the library according to their need. To understand a text-book fully we sometimes need other books. Our library meets this ne...

The first day of Bangla New Year is called Pahela Baishakh. In keeping with the age-old tradition we celebrate the day with traditional festivities. The day's first program begins at Ramna Batamul organised by a leading cultural organisation 'Chnayanat.' To observe the day rural people arrange traditional games, dramas & cultural functions throughout the country. Shopkeepers open 'Halkhata' & urban people observe it in a befitting manner. Wearing traditional dresses they attend the cultural functions arranged by various social-cultural organisations. People bring out colorful procession carrying festoons, placards, posters, banners & wearing masks. As a special day for the Bangladeshis the significance of the day is very great.

To rise in atmosphere temperature is known as the green house effect. The carbon dioxide is primarily responsible for temperature rising in atmosphere. The carbon dioxide is given off when coal & oil are burnt. As a result, the ice covering of the north & south poles is melting & may eventually led to a rise in sea levels, which can flood many areas of the world. Scientist have given warning that some parts of coastal countries including Bangladesh may go under water due to green house effect. The total area of deserts in increasing every year. Many species of animals & plants are endangered with the threat of extinction, Cutting down of forests must adopted soon. Proper steps should be taken to put an end to the causes & sources of emitting carbon dioxide. These are the measures. I prefer to adopt with a view to stopping green house effect.

“Give back the forest take your town” (Rabindranath Tagore)  By these line the poet tries to convince us about the importance of trees. The important of a forestation beggars description. On the other hand, deforestation is the indiscriminate cutting of trees. People are cutting trees to meet up their basic needs of food & housing. To get more space for cultivation people are of wood also allures people to cut trees. This a great problem in the developing countries. Trees play an important role in maintaining ecological balance by producing oxygen & taking carbon dioxide away. Due to deforestation carbon-di-oxide is increasing world wide. As a result the world is becoming wormer. The sea level is rising & many parts of the world is going to be engulfed by the sea in recent future. On the other land, new areas of the world are turning into desert’s as an immediate effect of deforestation. We may face the problem of food, soil corrosion & drought. Immediate mea...

Earthquake causes a great disaster. It's a sudden movement of a part of the earth's surface caused by deep crack in the earth or by volcanic eruption. Some regions of the earth are prone to earthquake while others are comparatively safe from this natural disaster. Some countries like Japan, Iran etc. are frequently hit by earthquake. Houses & bridges in these countries are built shock-proof. Forecast regarding the occurrence of earthquake is not possible. A severe earthquake causes widespread destruction of houses & properties. People are crushed under the broken houses. Often several quakes hit a place at short intervals. So after a quake people live in tents on open field. When a server quake hits a populous city thousands of people are killed & injured. Many people get trapped in the broken houses & it takes day to rescue them. The only way to get rid of the ravages of this natural disaster is to build houses, bridges & roads in such a way that the...

Junk food is such kind of food that has been produced for its pungent taste rather than for its health value. Its appearance is funny & appealing that can attract any body. However, it is not good for the body. It often contains added chemicals which makes its taste soothing but unhealthy. It usually contains a lot of animal fat or sugar. Foods like chips, burgers, crisps, cakes, biscuits are high in animal fats. Sweets & fizzy drinks like cola & lemonade are high in sugar. When we eat a large amount of fat our bodies turn them into fatty tissue, & a large amount of sugar can damage our teeth & skin. Junk food lacks the vitamins & minerals we need. Although people occasionally eat junk food, the body does best when it is given a healthy balance of nutrients from freshly garden home made foods. 

Jute is a kind of fiber. It grows in a large quantity in Bangladesh. It also grows West Bengal, India, Thailand, China & Philippines. Jute grows well in low land. Farmers plough land from March to April. Then the seeds are sown. When the plants grow one feet or so high, the fields are weeded. After three or four months, the plants are cut down & put into water to rot. Then the fiber is taken off & is washed & dried in the sun. Thus it is ready for sale. Jute is very useful to us. Ropes, gunny bags, papers & fine silken clothes are made from jute. Jute has great economic value. Many country get much money by selling jute of different countries of the world.

Water is a liquid substance. It's a compound of Hydrogen & Oxygen. Fresh water has no color & shape. Water is found in seas, rivers, ponds & springs. We use it many ways. We drink water & quench our thirst. We bathe in it. We wash clothes & utensils with it. Water is essential for cultivation. We is useful to plants & other animals. Plants can't grow & animals can't live without it. So the other name of water is life.

Rice is a kind of food. It’s obtained from paddy. Rice is a staple food of Bangladesh. It grows in plenty in Ceylon, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Japan and in many countries of the world. There are many kinds of rice. But the chief varieties Aus, Aman and Boro. But aman is superior in quality and grows in plenty in Bangladesh. The Aman is sown in  rainy season . It’s reaped in winter. The Aus grows on high land. It is sown in  summer . The Boro grows in marshy where water stands till the winter season. It's sown in winter & reaped in spring. At present a new variety of rice called IRRI is being cultivated. It grows fifty to sixty mounds per acre. Rice is of two kinds-Atap and Siddha. Various kinds of delicious foods are prepared from rice.

Trees are useful to man in three very important ways. They provide him with wood & other products; they give him shade; and they help to prevent drought the floods. Trees bear a great impact on the climate. If we destroy trees at random, one day the country will turn into a great desert. Again there will be no rain & as a result the country will face a great crisis. Trees keep the soil strong. Trees save us from flood & many other natural calamities. Trees prevent the rise in temperature. They give us oxygen. They prevent the rise of carbon-dioxide world wide. Thus trees maintain ecological balance. Trees give us food & shelter. They make the land fertile. We get timber from trees. This timber is used in making houses, boats, ships & furniture etc. They save the house from cyclone. They also give shade to protect us from the scorching heat of the sun. Many trees give us fruit. Trees help to cause rain. They prevent a region from becoming desert. Trees provide shelt...

The recent technical advantages consist in the benefits derived from satellite or internet communication. Various types of electronic & electronic equipment, computer based networking system, cellular phone have added new dimensions. Fax is playing a vital role in the development of telecommunication system. A two way transmission system works in a fax machine. A telephone connection is required in order to operate it. It runs on electricity. It is capable of transmitting and receiving printed matter. Fax is becoming popular day by day. It is suitable for official  correspondence. It has become an indispensable part in today's trade, business & commerce. It is cheaper & quicker. But unfortunately, a lot of people of  poor countries have not yet access to such facilities.