Gender Discrimination

Gender discrimination in Bangladesh begins at birth. In our country women are the worst suffers. Social prejudice and customs tends to degrade their positions. When a female child is born, it is not regarded as a happy event. She is not welcomed with the deep warmth of heart. Instead of being delighted the male members think that she has come to add to their misery. Even the mother of the female child is not welcomed cordially for giving birth to a female child. Rather she is held in great contempt. Obviously there are many reasons behind this social superstition. First of all is regarded as a liability to be got rid of as soon as possible. Her marriage drives her parents mad for our evil dowry system. Her parents try to find a husband for her even before she attains physical and mental maturity. Her marriage may cost her parents a heavy amount of money. Religious misinterpretation and social structure discourage often prevent girls from going to co-education schools. This problem cannot be solved over night. To solve this problem our outlook towards the girl should be changed. We should realize that proper education and employment. They should be provided the same type of food as are given to male child. Early marriage should be stopped.

Load Shedding
Load shedding means the discontinuation of supply of electricity. Load shedding occurs when generation of power is less than the demand and also for unplanned distribution of electricity. It creates problem of far reaching consequence in the socio economic development of a country. Houses, mills, factories and industries, shops, hospitals all fall a victim to it. The running mills, factories and industries come to a standstill. Failure of electricity hampers productivity. Domestic life becomes painful. The house wives grope in the darkness in the kitchen. The sufferings of the students due to load shedding are beggar description. The patients also suffer terribly for load shedding. Operations are stopped. The food kept in the refrigeration got rotten. The commodities preserved in cold storage get spoiled. In fact, load shedding causes great sufferings to the people and an irreparable loss to the country. The entire life-domestic and industrial comes to a standstill. An all out effort should be made to install more and more power houses to generate electricity. At the same tome austerity should be maintained in using electricity.

Green House Effect

The rise in atmospheric temperature is known as the green house effect. Carbon di-oxide is basically responsible for green house effect. Carbon di-oxide makes a barrier surrounding the earth like a trap. The light of sun can cross the barrier but the heat that is produced in the earth cannot cross the barrier of carbon di-oxide. As a result, the earth gets warmer day by day. The process of getting warmer is called Green House Effect. The carbon di-oxide is given off when coal and oil are burnt. As a result, the ice covering the North and South Pole is melting and may eventually lead to a rise in sea levels. That can flood many areas of the world. Scientists have already given waning that some parts of coastal countries including Bangladesh may go under water due to green house effects. The total area of deserts is increasing every year. Many species of animals and plants are endangered with the threat of extinction. Cutting down of forests indiscriminately is the main culprit for global warming. Tree plantation program should be adopted soon. Steps should be taken to put an end to the cause

and sources of emitting carbon di-oxide. These are the measures we can take with a view to preventing global warming.

Importance of Education
Education is the process by which our mind develops thorough formal learning at an institution like a school, college or university. It is mental intellectual training which provides opportunities of growth and helps to overcome obstacles to progress. Therefore, it is often compared to light which removes the darkness of ignorance and helps us distinguish between right and wrong. The prophet Mohammed (sm.) equated one literate non-believer with ten illiterate believes. The task of education is to create a complete citizen, physically, mentally and morally and prepares him for profession whereby he could earn his our livelihood and contribute to the society. Education is one of the most important social phenomenons which make sure that the individual is prepared from an early age to acquire values, knowledge and practical skills within a particular culture. Uneducated people cant keep peace with the advanced countries. They dont know the modern advanced technology. In every sphere of their life, they follow old methods and systems. They have no sense of right and wrong. They arent aware of their responsibilities. Their outlook on life is very narrow. They dont know how to lead a decent life. Illiteracy is a curse because illiteracy is the hindrance to our development program. It battles all our concerted effort for development thus illiteracy retards the way of development. It is education which teaches a man to fight against all the problems of life. It all the people become educated, they will be able to overcome the obstacles that stand in the way to development. By receiving true education we all can build a happy, peaceful and prosperous future.

Environmental Pollution
Now a days environment pollution is one of the most talked topics of the world. Our environment is polluted in two ways, air pollution and water pollution. Air is polluted in many ways, smoke pollutes air, and man makes fire to cook food, to make brick, melting tar for road construction and burn wood. All these things produce heavy smoke and this smoke pollutes air. Railway engines, mills and factories and power houses use coal and oil, buses, trucks and cars use petrol and diesel. Again all these things cause air pollution. Water is polluted in many ways. Farmers use chemical fertilizer and insecticides in their lands to grow more food. The rain and floods wash away some of the chemicals. The get mixed with canal water and river water. Mills and factories pollute water by throwing the waste materials and unsold products into the rivers and canals. Steamers, launches and even sail boats pollute water by throwing oil, food waste and human waste into the big canals and rivers. Unsanitary latrines in the country side standing on the banks of the rivers and canals also polluter water. Thus air and water are polluted and as a result our environment gets polluted. Water pollution can be prevented in many ways. First of all we should make the people aware of ht fact that water is next to air. It is called life. So, chemical fertilizer and pesticide should not be allowed to mix with river water, Canal water and pond water. Mills and factories should throw the waste materials and unsold products into rivers and canals. Unsanitary latrines in the countryside should not be built on the banks on the rivers and canals. In fine awareness should be created in the public. Air pollution can be prevented by taking proper steps and necessary measures and creating public awareness.

Natural Calamities in Bangladesh

Natural calamity means natural disaster which is caused by nature. Every year Bangladesh falls victim to various natural calamities. They are flood, earth quacks and many other natural calamities. The effects of the natural calamities are beggar description. They leave a vast trail of devastation. The effected people and animals suffer untold sufferings. They cause heavy damage to our life and properties. Houses are destroyed, cattle are washed away, crops are greatly damaged and trees are uprooted. Thousands of people are other animals remain without food for many days. The after effect dies for want of food. The prices of all necessary things go up. Many dangerous diseases like cholera, Typhoid and dysentery etc. break out in an epidemic form. By raising public awareness and taking necessary precautionary measures and steps natural calamities can be prevented. The government and all the conscious citizens of our country should come forward with concerted efforts to prevent natural calamities.

Earth Quake
Every year Bangladesh faces many sorts of natural disasters. Sometimes these natural disasters come in the form of flood caused by excessive rainfall, sometimes in the form of erosion caused by want of necessary rain. But among all these calamities, earthquake is the most dangerous one. Generally, earth quake is caused by the shake of the earth and scientist measure it through scale called Richter scale. The effect of such an event is very damaging for a country like Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a developing country where many people live below the poverty line. Often they are with little protection to face such an event. Because of earthquake all the houses crash down and all the mishaps take in a very short time. Often the shake of the earth stays for some seconds and such a short time is enough to cause huge loss of life and wealth. But the damages are severe in city area where there are many high-rising buildings. It is a matter of sorrow that all these up-rising building have no sufficient equipment to save the dwellers. It is the responsibility of RAJUK to take necessary steps to prevent such losses of life and wealth, especially in Dhaka city. RAJUK should make an earthquake resistance building code and all building should follow it mandatorily. Overall we should try to create public awareness to face this calamity with boldness.