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My dear ENS members,

After long time, I have posted up a new post on Tumblr finally. Today I would like to write about earthquakes. Recently we have experienced earthquake in Nepal. Although the earthquake of Bangladesh was not serious like Nepal but we felt the vibration of earthquake. Fortunately that earthquake was not cause damages to property of Bangladesh. The Richter scale is normal in Bangladesh because we do not have any source places of earthquake so that we are safe here. But we have got another think coming that the source places of earthquake are coming towards Bangladesh. Weather expert says that there is a possibility to get extreme earthquake which can be occurred 6 or 7 on the Richter scale in 10 years. And they identified the Dhaka city (which is capital city of Bangladesh) as a most risky place for earthquake because most of the buildings of Dhaka are not structural enough. Unfortunately I have to say with frustrating information that most of the buildings of Dhaka city were not constructed structurally so that buildings can be collapsed easily when earthquake would happen.

We cannot prevent extreme earthquake. But the best we can do to take precaution. Several things can be done to take precaution against extreme earthquake. In order to do that we need a good advance forecasting system. For earthquake, we can give advance warning so that people can take shelter in safe places.

General people can pay attention to the weather service. They can also listen to radio or watch television to get the latest information about weather. The government should try to upgrade the satellite system by investing more money. They also need to build many shelters. People have to be more conscious about earthquake. They have to be more informative to know about how to save them and what to do during earthquake. This kind of consciousness can help them to save their life.

Last but not the least, although I know that earthquake does not have any law but at least we can take precaution against earthquake. Because I believe that “Something is better than nothing.”

InternationalMother Language Day is celebrated every year on 21st February. The main purpose of celebrating this day is to promote the awareness of language and cultural diversity all across the world. It was first announced by UNESCO on November 17, 1999. Since then it is being celebrated every year. The date represents the day 21st February 1952 when four young students were killed in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, because of Bengali and Urdu language controversy. Languages are the most powerful way to preserve and develop culture and to promote it all across the world. Because of this unfortunate incident, International Mother Language Day is celebrated in all over the world, while it is a public holiday in Bangladesh.

In 1947 at the time of partition of Pakistan, the province Bengal was divided into two parts: the western part became India and the eastern part is known as East Bengal which was later known as East Pakistan. At that time there were many economic, social and cultural issues including linguistic issue. In 1948 when government announced Urdu as the national language it sparked the protest among the Bengali speaking majority of Pakistan. The protest got out of control and ended with the death of four protestors of the University of Dhaka who were shot by the police. The students' deaths during the fight for their mother language are now remembered as The International Mother Language Day.

The Shaheed Minar in Dhaka pays respect to those four protestors killed for the sake of their mother language. An International Mother Language Day monument was constructed at Ashfield Park in Sydney, Australia. Here we can see the images of Shaheed Minar and the globe on the face of the stone with the words "we will remember the martyr of 21st February" written on it in both Bengali and English languages.

On International Mother Language Day UNESCO and other UN agencies take part in the events to promote cultural and linguistic diversity all around the world. They appreciate and encourage people to be knowledgeable about their mother language and provide them with awareness regarding the promotion of their language and culture towards other countries. In Bangladesh on International Mother Language Day people go to Shaheed Minar to pay tribute to the martyr of 21st February and sprinkle flowers on the monument. This is a time for Bangladesh is to celebrate their culture, traditions and their Bengali national language. The prizes are given to those who made outstanding performance in language and cultural diversity.

Shahid Minar

The Shahid Minar is a national memorial in Dhaka, Bangladesh, recognized to remember those killed during the tongue Movement demonstration of 1952. February 21, 1952 many students of Dhaka University and political activists were killed when they are pumping on the road Pakistani shoulders are shoot on pomp.

When the Awami League came to the power they want to remember those martyrs. So they want to build a Shaheed Memorial structure. Current shaheed minar’s design was followed the original plan of 1957.

The 16th of December, 1971 is a red letter day in our national history. It was on this day we were to snatch our independences after a life and death liberation war for long nine months. This victory was a victory of right against wrong. It was a war of self-emancipation. Every year we observe this day in a colorful manner. This day reminds us of the supreme in a colorful manner. 

This day reminds us of the supreme sacrifice of our freedom fighters who will ever shine in our hearts like the luminous stars in the sky. But at the same time we must remember the spirit of the liberation war. We wanted a country where justice will prevail over injustice and wrong. Instead, we are now having a night-marsh experience of lawlessness, violence and misrule. The lords of the mischief mongers are getting upper hand in the society, whereas the meek and mild become the worst sufferers. Disorder in everything has become the order of the day. 

Dear All ENS Members,

I would like to inform you that I’m going to manage a welcome meeting invitation on Saturday (13th December, 1 pm GMT) on behalf of Jeff Mitchell for all new members of ENS. So I hope it will be a great opportunity for all new members of ENS to introduce each other and to become familiar with customs and traditions of this community. Afterwards you will be able to know that how can you get help from this community to be good at English. By doing these activities you can hope to get a good result as you expected. And I will be waiting for you guys on Saturday (13th December, 1 pm GMT) and I hope all new members of ENS will be there on time and it will be my pleasure. That’s all for time being and see you soon.