Write a short composition on "Population Problem of Bangladesh".

Population is an asset to a country when she can turn it into a useful manpower (জনশক্তি) and provide them with all basic necessities (মৌলিক চাহিদাসমূহ). But it becomes a problem for a country when she fails to provide them with employment opportunity and the basic needs of life.

Bangladesh is an over-populated country. She is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. The density of population in our country is about 850 per square kilometre. The present growth rate of population in Bangladesh is 1.33. Now, over-population is a great problem for our country.

Population explosion/boom (বিস্ফোরণ) is destroying all the efforts for our development. Our population is 'increasing but the land is fixed. Other facilities for living are not increasing. So, the problems of shelter, food, clothing, medical treatment, housing, education, entertainment, etc. are increasing. It also causes various disturbances in the society. Because of it, everything becomes difficult. So, various socio-economic and political problems are created for population explosion in Bangladesh.

We must come forward to control our population. We should adopt family planning measures effectively (কার্যকরভাবে). Each family must live in a planned way. No family should have more than two children. Early marriage and polygamy (বহুবিবাহ) must be banned.

Most of the people of our country are farmers. They are not educated. They want to have more sons than daughters. They think that their sons will help them. This wrong idea should be removed to control population. Besides, people living in rural areas are religiously fundamental. To control population, this mentality must be removed as early as possible. Therefore, education of the mass is a must.

The government alone cannot solve this problem. Educated people of the society must play an important role in this respect. If we can check our population explosion, we can develop our country day by day.