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Shaheed Minar: A symbol of respect to martyrs

 The Central Shaheed Minar, designed by Hamidur Rahman, was built in honour of the martyrs who were killed in 1952 during the historical Language Movement. It is located at the premises of Dhaka University, beside the Dhaka Medical College. The Shaheed Minar is not simply a memorial but something more. It is of great importance and significance in our national life. The Shaheed Minar is the symbol of our national hopes and aspirations. It has been designed with a view to focussing on the Language Movement as the central concept. The Shaheed Minar conveys the aspirations of the people. The basic horizontal and vertical forms of the Shaheed Minar bring out the concept of Bengali solidarity and unity for her national identity. The vertical lines are the manifestations of inner strength and the four columns on both sides of the central structure reflect the balance and harmony of a united stand. Thus, the Shaheed Minar stands for the unified aspirations of Bengali identity and nationalism. The original design had included stained glass with hundreds of eyes, through which the sunlight could pass. The marble floor of the Shaheed Minar is to reflect the moving shadows of the columns showing an unending process of revolt from dawn to dusk. In the basement of the Minar, architect Rahman has designed a grand fresco work of 1500 square feet that depicts the language movement. Every year on 21 February, people with flowers and wreaths go to the Shaheed Minar early in the morning to show respect to the valiant language martyrs. When we stand before a Shaheed Minar, we feel honoured and proud of our own motherland. Our heart lifts with pride for those brave sons who dedicated their souls for our mother tongue and for our own identity.
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Sidr:  A ruinous natural disaster

 According to the official language of Sri Lanka - Sinhalese, the word ‗Sidr‘ stands for ‗eye‘. Definitely, the Sidr does not look like the eyes. The Sidr, the terrible eye, rushed with great signal number 10 and smashed the whole southern districts on the night of November 15, 2007. With wind speed up to 280 km per hour and tidal surge of 20 to 25 feet high, the Sidr flattened the Sundarbans, Mongla port, Khulna, Bhola, Patuakhali, Barguna, Jhalakhati, Pirospur, Satkhira, Shariatpur, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Bagerhat and Barisal. The Sidr has devastated crops, houses, trees, mangrove forest, livestock, birds, animals, infrastructures etc. The death has crossed eight thousand people. More than a thousand are reported dead according to the grief-stricken relatives. Preliminary investigations have suggested that nearly 60000 persons have been injured. It is also apparent that more than a million rural households have been seriously affected. Standing crops on 1.6 million acres have been fully ruined. Over 8000 educational institutions have been fully or partially destroyed. This has hampered educational activities of nearly 750,000 students. Preliminary assessment has indicated that nearly 20 percent of the vegetables have been destroyed. Almost one-third of the Sundarbans, a world heritage, has been totally demolished. The government of this country supplies relief to the affected people and ensures rehabilitation. The concerned authority must ensure information about the natural disasters, warn people and shift them to safe places. The young students can help people with rescue operation. They can raise awareness among the people so that they can take precautionary measures. They can also work in coordination with the govt. NGOs and donor agencies to assist the affected people of natural disasters like the Sidr.