Our manners need work
Rubab Abdullah, Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka
Every society, in a wider sense, every country has certain mannerisms and practices that regulate the life and activity of its members in order that a nation may progress in harmony, discipline and peace. But it is sorrowful to say that in our country we notice a serious lack in showing courtesy/modesty among a large number of people's behaviour. Probably Bangladesh is the only country in the world where a courtesy campaign is needed comprehensively. Rushing to occupy seats before one another in busses, bumping women in a crowd, jumping queues are commonplace. If you attend a ceremony you can find that some people have a tendency to overload their plates with foods and waste most of it. This habit of some of the people does not match with civilised norms at all. Coming late to ceremonies or parties without a genuine cause is another custom in the country. Then there are some people who choose to pick and blow nose in public which is gruesome and irritating. Some other people have a tendency to urinate in roadside drains and spit on walls and streets after chewing betel leaves. Another annoying factor is people's mad rush to get on either in a lift or any kind of public vehicle without considering whether these are able to carry their load or not. Countless examples can be given as to how a large number of our countrymen lack the sense of proportion. Like the title 'most corrupted country,' that day is not far away when Bangladesh will be considered to be the most uncivilised country unless there is immediate change and improve in our behavioural patterns.
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