I completely agree with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she said in the high-level meeting of the "Global Education First initiative" that the world should invest in education instead of wasting money and resources on weapons. Education will enlighten us and help us understand each other better and free us from all kinds of prejudice and bigotry. She was raised question about recent deadly violence in Gaza where hundreds of Palestinians children, women and men died. It is an irreparable loss for mankind and we must make sure such gruesome murders do not take place again in the future. US alone spent a staggering amount of USD 682 billion in 2012 which is more than the defence budgets of ten countries including China, Russia, UK, Japan, France and India. The race for making and buying weapons will not solve basic problems like poverty, hunger and illiteracy which are more crucial for the mankind. This never-ending weapons race will not bring any solution to the problems the world is facing rather it will push us towards complete destruction. I hope the powerful leaders of the world will realise this simple truth and stop weapons race and invest in education and poverty alleviation. Only then we will see a new world without hatred and war.
Imran Fawad
Niketon, Dhaka
Education, not weapons can bring peace
FE Team | Published: September 28, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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