One of the interesting sights we come across walking in the city roads is the sheets of newspapers pasted on the street walls in different parts of the metropolis for people to read Newspapers are one of the essential means of media communication, but Ina poverty-stricken country like ours, it is not always possible for

the average man to buy or subscribe a newspaper every single day or for a whole month. For this reason, many are deprived of reading a paper even If they wish to. So these newspapers (the Bengali ones, mostly) help the ordinary man on the street to keep some track of what is going on In the world around him: of course. If he is able to read, that is. These are found in different areas of Dhaka, for instance in Moha-khali, in Farmgate,

Motljheel. Sobhanbag. at Science Laboratory corner In front of some newspaper offices. (Ittefaq. Jono Kantho etc) and at countless other spots. Some of these are pasted on walls by courtesy of Lions or other organisations, and some by the newspaper offices themselves The pages are pasted side by side, enabling the readers to go through them easily. They are quite often found near bus-stands, perhaps so that the people sitting around waiting for buses can kill time by reading them. Actually, it is not only these people, but also the old. retired,

gentlemen and the countless unemployed youths. who having nothing better to do than roam about the streets, spend time everyday in reading these. In fact one old gentleman informed that he went by a particular spot for his evening walks, just to get a free look at the newspapers. Of course, these newspapers serve their purpose to whoever reads them. They provide the common man

with the opportunity to keep track of what is happening all around us. So hats off to the people who came up with this unique and wonderful idea!