r/bangladesh • u/AvocadoFar4514 • Jan 01 '26
Environment/পরিবেশ Despite repeated warnings from the interim government, why did many people choose to celebrate using fireworks yesterday?
Even many religious figures warned people not to celebrate, as the sound harms birds and animals. We had a serious earthquake and lost some well-known political figures and activists this past month. So, who are these people disregarding the warnings and choosing to be lawless, and what are their political affiliations, according to you?
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u/HyruleanKnight37 Jan 01 '26 edited Jan 02 '26
Religious figure er warning era maane na because said religious figures are overwhelmingly Islamist and are against any kind of celebration that isn't condoned by their religion. Personally I wouldn't give a rat's ass about what they're saying.
Earthquake has nothing to do with any of this.
Harm to animals and even some humans is very real and needs to be brought to more attention. Unfortunately government level e kono action na nile nothing will happen.
There are no laws against fireworks, so there is no "lawless" activity going on.
If you want my opinion, there should be laws against it- Dhaka is an extremely densely populated city and people tend to set off fireworks literally anywhere. Large fireworks should only be used in open areas away from human settlement and not before making sure there is no potential harm to nearby animals. Such areas do not exist within the city, so fireworks past a certain weight should be completely outlawed within the city boundaries.
Recent loss of influential figures is indeed cause for not celebrating too hard, however...
I highly, highly doubt the people who decided to do it anyway have any political involvement, or care about the passing of anyone they are not attached to. Your post, however, is trying to create a political narrative against them. It's very obvious what you're trying to do here, OP.