Skill development in English

Unsafe levels of pesticides are present in around half of the vegetables and more than a
quarter of fruits sold in the capital’s markets, a recent survey has found. A 15-member team
of the National Food Safety Laboratory, with support from the Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO), came up with the findings after collecting and testing food samples from
the capital’s Gulshan, Karwanbazar and Mohakhali markets.
The survey report, a copy of which was acquired by the Dhaka Tribune, read that nearly 40%
of 82 samples of milk, milk products, fish, fruits and vegetables contained banned pesticides
such as DDT, Aldrin, Chlordane and Heptachlor. The amount of pesticides in these samples
were found to be 3 to 20 times greater than the limits set by the European Union. Around
50% vegetables and 35% fruits were found to be contaminated with unsafe level of pesticides.
Analysing more than 30 samples of turmeric powder (branded, packaged and open), the team
also found that nearly 30% of the samples contained traces of lead chromate, which can be
fatal if swallowed or inhaled. These samples also contained lead at 20 to 50 times above the
safety limit of 2.5 parts per million set by the Bangladesh Standard Testing Institute (BSTI).
Arsenic and Chromium above safety limits were detected in a total of 5 out of 13 rice samples.
Using a sensitive High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) method developed by the
Food Safety Lab, 66 samples were analysed for the presence of formaldehyde. Adulteration
was thereby detected in samples of coriander, mango and fresh shrimps.

A Thrilling Journey By Train
(Md. Farhad Hossain)
Hi guys, Cordial love to all and welcome for going through my article on a short trip of 45 minutes.
Hopefully you're well. Today I'm gonna share with you a short thrilling feelings I felt from a very short journey by train that I made form my home town, Parbatpur to Rongpur . A mail train takes only 45 minutes to reach there. I reached the platform at 12.30 pm and found the train ready to leave the station for Rongpur. Quickly I went to the ticket counter and bought a ticket. Then I got into a compartment attached to the Engine. I got a seat by the window and sat on. The train started by 5 minutes. It began to run leaving everything i,e, roads, houses, trees, paddy fields and so on. My mind sprang with joy as I made a train journey after a long time of the last journey that I can't remember. The rhythmic sound of the train like zig zag welcomed me to sleep but I bade it good bye as I didn't want to miss the enjoyment of the journey. The journey raised a strong emotion and feelings in me and I couldn't resist the temptation of writing something musical composition So, the following rhythmic lines sprang out from my heart spontaneously.
Thou gifted me
What I got from thee.
Could I forget it?
Though it's a short trip.
Thou made me a seeker
To be a journey maker.
Thy presence lay in blood
Helped me to be glad.
I wished you back
Eager to feel your zig-zag.
Thou created rhyme amidst me
I was proud of thee.

Dear readers, journey is always pleasurable and helps to refresh body and mind. It makes one fit to work. But think the journey you're going through your life like a journey of a train. Journey in life can make you immortal doing something for human beings in the society. Man is for man. So what you have done in the journey of life think and evaluate yourself. You are the answer of your question. Thanks for happily reading.

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Memory reminds the past but a wise seizes the present.

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