<i>Suicide along with children!</i>
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Of late, the print and electronic media have been chock-full with suicide news committed by the dejected women, that's too along with their children. Only yesterday (August 09), a mother with her baby daughter jumped before a running train near Sainik Club at Banani, as her husband divorced her to marry someone else. Maksuda Begum, 32, wife of Ashraf Uddin of Araihazar upazila in Narayanganj, and her one and a half-year-old daughter Tanzina were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical condition. Earlier on August 5, distraught over her husband's second marriage, Bilashi, 28, set fire to herself and her two children Abu Raihan and Rajani in the capital's Kamalapur. They all died at the burn unit of DMCH. On June 11, aggrieved by her husband's negligence and second marriage, Farzana Kabir Rita, with her 12-year-old son Pabon and 10-year-old daughter Payel committed suicide by taking sedatives in the city's Jurain. It's really distressing not only for the near and dear ones of the victims, but for all of us. I would urge all the divorced, deprived and dejected women not to go for suicide. It's not the solution. Try to live and overcome the misery with courage and struggle. Pray to God and the eternally merciful God always answers. I would pertinently insist on the government, particularly the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs to do something to help these hapless humans. Well-to-do people and the NGOs concerned should also come forward. Please open crisis centres in each ward of the city and in each upazila of the districts and inform the people about those through the media. Counselling is very important along with immediate material help like food and shelter and rehabilitation. Sometimes, medical and psychological cares are also necessary. Let the people know that the government and the sensible beings are there to help them.
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