Pronounce correctly

Internationally, you will often see politicians or journalists from India or other non-English individuals representing their countries. While their accents reflect their origin their pronunciation and ability to express themselves are above reproach and often times quite admirable to observe. The repartee they develop so quickly and easily with the interviewer often extends their interview and they are able to convey much more about their countries.

Unfortunately, we haven't seen the same thing from the majority of the politicians from our own country. This doesn't mean they are incapable of doing their jobs. But, often stunted speech and the lack of practice and communication in English are quite evident. At times like this it is important to get our thoughts and ideas across given the infrequent publicity Bangladesh already gets. And especially since these days Bangladesh is usually depicted negatively in the foreign media. If the people being interviewed take too long to simply express a mere thought due to bad pronunciation and their inability to enunciate certain words we will fail to take advantage of those small windows of opportunities to come across as a country that actually has a lot of potential.

We have individuals who are very well educated but they fail to shine in the international arena when it comes to expression. So it is not unimaginable to urge such individuals who are

at the forefront of representing our country that they take time to practise the universal language so that they can take advantage of the brief coverage by the media and work towards being succinct and smart.