World Poet Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath, the fourteenth child of Debendranath and Sarada Devi Tagore, went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of eight. At the age of seventeen in 1878 he arrived in London on his way of Brighton, to join his bother's family and attend school there. London made a poor impression on him. He described it as a dismal city, smoky, foggy and wet, with everyone jostling and in a hurry.

Though he was happy in Brighton, a friend of the family persuaded his brother to send him to London in order to benefit from his education in the West. He was put up in a lodging house facing Regent's Park but later moved to the house of a professional coach, a Mr. Scott, as a paying guest.

Young Tagore joined London University, where he attended Henry Morley's lectures in English literature and read Religio Medici and Shakespeare with him. He often visited the Houses of parliament and listened to Gladstone and John Bright's debates in Irish Home Rule.

The arsenic problem of Bangladesh

Thousands of people in Bangladesh are suffering from arsenic poisonings and more are bring affected every day. Arsenicosis is caused by drinking tubewll water containing arsenic. People who drink uncontaminated water do not catch arsnicosis from affected people. The main recommendation for the people who are affected by arsenic is to drink water from a source that contains no arsenic.

 The effects of arsenicosis are less severe among people who eat a healthy, balanced diet, ideally containing fish and vegetables. This is an initial treatment for arsenicosis and may be part of the reason why the number of arsenicosis patients in Bangladesh is still relatively low. It is believed that vitamins A, C and E are effected for treatment of arsenicosis.

Poisoning by arsenic is a slow process: it is due to a gradual build-up of the poison in the human body. Eventually people start to show symptoms and become unwell. Deaths due to long-tern poisoning make it even more important to address the problem as soon as possible. This is in effect a race against time to safe water for everyone. Many people currently drinking arsenic-contaminated groundwater may develop problems soon. They must attempt to find safe source of water.

National Assembly Building of Bangladesh

The Sangsad Bhaban (Parliament House) at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka is a wonder of modern architecture and technology. It is one of the largest and most spectacular Parliament buildings in the world. Originally designed by the famous American architect Louis I. Kahn, this 155 ft high 9-storey building is surrounded by an artificial lake called the Crescent Lake. The main section is hidden behind a strong outer covering with circular and triangular openings. The structure has 1605 doors, 335 windows, 365 ventilators and corridors totaling to a bewildering length of 41.6 kilometers. But for the help of a guide, one could easily get lost in these deceptive corridors. The houses has 354 seats for MPs, 56 for guests, 40 for journalists and 430 for spectators.

The Polythene Bags

On an average 55 lac pieces of polythene bags are being used everyday in Dhaka city alone. Most of this huge quantity of used and then thrown-out polythene bags find their way into the drains. Then the polybags block seweragc pipes and the regular flow of drain water, which result in the complete disruption of the drainage system.

During the rainy season, this kind of blockage by polythene obstructs the rainwater flowing to the drains. Moreover, it is mainly because of the polythene that many low-lying areas of a city go frequently under water. In this regard, we can recall the longest-lasting flood in 1998.Floodwater remained in many parts of Dhaka for over two months. Polythene is also a potential threat to our cultivatable land. It is not capable of being decomposed by natural way.