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She Aims, She Shoots, She Scores
Bangladesh under-14 football team deserves a great accolade as they won the AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship. With the victory, the 18 members' squad proved their ability and brought the nation a colossal gift in the month of victory. Moreover, they broke the conventional idea that girls are not as good as boys in the sports front. Special credit goes out to the coach and other people concerned as they made the team prepared accordingly to win against the strong opponent Nepal. As I read the quotes of the players (published in the Star Weekend on January 1, 2016), I found their sharp patriotism for the country and strong determination to do something prestigious for themselves. To encourage these least privileged young pioneers, the profit making companies can provide these players with necessary facilities as a part of their corporate social responsibility. We hope that these tenacious and promising girls will bring another glory for the nation in the upcoming south Asian Women's football league.
Samiul Raijul
North South University, Dhaka
A Change-maker's Journey
As I was reading the write-up on the Police officer that appeared in the Star Weekend of December 18, 2015, word by word, sentence by sentence; I couldn't believe the facts stated as I thought it was some pampering by someone known to him. I say this because as a whole our police force, in all respect, has earned a very bad name because of its rough dealing with the public and no sense of human respect and responsibility; although the force is being maintained by the citizens' taxes. They have been well known for their mischief, corruption and partisan actions. A sudden star shines with glimmer of hope for the people of Gazipur belt, a worth hearing about and of course praising. May this officer continue his noble mission further in helping the general mass for which he opted for the job of policing.
Mashudul Haque
Dhaka
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The Sad Life of a Turtle
The work that the young volunteer, Arzu and his organisation Save Our Sea have been doing is really inspirational. We, the people of Bangladesh, unintentionally and even knowingly endanger our biodiversity. But this is not the only responsibility of the Government or other organisations to save the world's significant but fragile ecosystem. It is a responsibility shared by all of us. We and our future generation will have to live in this world. They deserve a better living place from us. Each of our destructive activity has been acting as a threat for the world's fragile ecosystem but at the same time our conscious initiative no matter how small it is can protect it. Like Arzu and his teammates, we should realise the importance of protecting the endangered species around for our own survival. I would like to thank the Star Weekend, for publishing an article (published on January 8, 2016) about this great initiative. I am really inspired.
Jayed Sheikh
Department of Management
University of Barisal
The opinions expressed in these letters do not necessarily represent the views of the Star Weekend.
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