After Nine Years

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Sick greediness, and/or sick jealousy are spreading all over Bangladesh like a wild-fire.
Last time, when I went to Bangladesh in 2000, it was still a green all over country specially Dhaka city like an evergreen rain forest. If you were born and raised in Gulshan, Badda, or Baridhara in Dhaka city, you know, what I am taking about. In my childhood, I saw each road had a few trees and/or each house had a few flowers-beds to shine all the year long. Nevertheless, today, I hardly find any trees. Most of the trees were replaced to build high-rising buildings or towers. Is this way, how we will survive in the twenty-first century?
Most people of my age group who are in their 30s or 40s are already getting heart disease, or they are wearing a ring. It is a terrifying situation for a nation, but most do not care about it. Furthermore, they do not want to know about it, how it effects their livelihoods and/or their society in a whole. Only thing they all care about is "money". Yes, make money or die for money, it is the best deal for them and/or their descendants' lives. Can money buy anything or everything? How about honesty and/or honour?
I observed that educated people are not willing to do what they have been taught in a school, college, or university. Because of family needs, they have been trying to earn money, no question asked. In my life, I witness that most of our older generation show respect for other older generations as their fore-fathers did. As I went to Bangladesh after nine years, I found out that not only older generations are being part of a huge social unrest, but also they are organising the major "donation gang" around their areas.
The whole country, as it seems, is being terrorised by some people having political patronage. Have the people voted for a democratic elected government only to see such things continue with impunity?
When more and more people are becoming the slave of daily needs, they are losing moral character. Ill selfishness, ill greediness, and ill jealousy are progressing in their lives like tsunami in the Bay of Bengal. They are absolutely unaware of what it takes to live daily lives peacefully.
Crime-bosses are becoming stronger and wealthier. Ethics, decency, and integrity are fleeing from Bangladesh at the speed of light.
Abul Kasham Yousuf
USA
e-mail: akmyousuf1@gmail.com