Dialogue on cultural assault

Raju	Hi, Rana. How are you doing?
Rana	Fine. Where are you going? Are you busy?
Raju	Not so much. Why?
Rana	I wanted to ask you something?
Raju	Yeah, sure.
Rana	Do you know anything about cultural assault [নিগ্রহের]?
Raju	Yes, I’ve some idea.
Rana	Please, tell me.
Raju	OK. First of all, as you may already know that Culture stands for the pre-determined notions, norms, values, beliefs, customs, conventions, music, language and ways of behaviour of persons living in a particular zone.
Rana	Yes, I know that.
Raju	Again, we have our own food habits like rice and fish as well as ways of eating. We have our traditional dress like longyi, dhuti, shirt and punjabi for the male and sharee and blouse for the female. Eid, puja, Buddha Purnima, Christmas Day, Victory Day, Pahela Baishakh, Nabanna and Halkhata are some of our distinguished [বিশিষ্ট] festivals. All these are our culture and cultural traits [বৈশিষ্ট্যগুলো].
Rana	Fine. But what do you really mean by cultural assault?
Raju	On the contrary, culture which is not known and practised in a society is called alien [ভিনদেশি] culture. All alien cultures are not detrimental [ক্ষতিকর] to a society. A native culture may be enriched and ameliorated [উন্নীত] enough with the influence of some alien cultures. But some cultures have profound [গভীর] impact [প্রভাব] on other cultures that might be harmful and then it will be a cultural assault.
Rana	Anything else?
Raju	Cultural assault means bad influence [প্রভাব] of foreign cultures on any native culture. In the present global world, it is quite tough to impede [প্রতিরোধ] this cultural aggression [আগ্রাসন]. With the development of hi-tech media, it has been very easy for a society to be infiltrated [অনুপ্রবেশ] by alien cultures. Many of the cultural elements may be influenced in this way.
Rana	I get it now. I was a bit confused. Now, its clear to me. Thank you.
Raju	Never mind.

Price Rise / Price Hike

Price Rise is the bane [সর্বনাশ] of modern world. Price of essential commodities [পণ্য] go on rising every day despite the professed and genuine efforts of the government. The main reason for sky-rocketing of prices is the unabated [অক্ষুণ্ণ] rise in population at an alarming rate. As compared to China, Bangladesh has failed miserably in controlling her population. Another reason for price-rise is the huge loss of man-days as a result of frequent strikes and lock-outs in the industrial units. This leads to short fall in production. An average Bangladeshi has considerably awakened to the reality of raising his living standard in the matter of eating, housing, medical aid and providing education to his children. He is also fond of recreation through T.V., V.C.R cinema, transistor etc. All this expenditure pushes up the rate of living. The hoarders, stockers and black marketers also push up prices by causing artificial scarcity [অভাব] in the market. The government should take some drastic [আমূল] steps to keep prices under control.