Silent famine
A man with a pale face, skeleton like figure in dirty dress has been living for some days in front of a community centre (Mirpur -6) beside a drain with no roof, no cot but he is living there as if it were his house. Who knows when he had bathed last and for how many days he has been starving (without meal). People cannot stay at the place where he lives. However, he is one of the many homeless people in Dhaka city. This clearly shows that Dr. Akbar Ali Khan rightly observed that a silent famine is going on in Bangladesh. The present government which came to power for only three months and to arrange a free, fair and credible election should acknowledge the situation. But ironically it is not doing so, rather we found the responsible people making fun with the poverty of the hapless people by advising them to eat potato, instead of rice. However, my question to the people who gave the potato theory: did you try potato instead of fast food at your home or in any advisory council meeting? We know the answer must be: No. So don't you think you are being unkind? My request to the people at the helm: acknowledge the famine like situation first and try to solve the problem.
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