Write a letter to your friend
asking him to return books.
18 November 2006
Apnan
Karim
Ibrahimpur
Mirpur-14
Dhaka
–1206
My dear friend Sharin,
I have not heard from you for a long time. Hope you are keeping well.
You know that our Annual/SSC examination is near at hand. I am busy with my
studies. I can guess that you are also busy with your studies. I am sorry to
tell you that I am at present badly in need of the book, which you borrowed
from me last month. How ever today I like to remind you that a few days ago you
borrowed my English grammar. But it is now over a month. Perhaps, you have
forgotten it. Now I need this book for preparation. So, I shall be highly
thankful if you please return it as early as possible. If you need it again, I
will give it to you after examination. I hope you will not misunderstand me for
this.
No more today.
Your ever,
Apnan Karim.
From,Apnan KarimBinodpur,Magura |
Stamp
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
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A letter to
your friend congratulation on him/her on his/her brilliant success in the S S C
examination.
Apnan Karim
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
At the beginning of the letter, take my cordial love. Hope that you are
well by the grace of all mighty Allah. I am also well by the grace of Allah. A
Sweet note from you have just anchored to the shore of my heart. I came to know
by your letter that you have passed the S S C examination with G.P.A-5:00.I congratulate
you on your brilliant success. In fact, this brilliant result is a matter of
pride and joy for us. This success now brings golden opportunities for you to
rise in life. I am sure that you will do still better in your future
examination.
Hope this will find you all right. With best regards to you and your
parents.
Please come with your younger brother. This is all for today. Best
wishes to you and all. No more today. More when we shall meet you.
Your ever,
Nawsin Rahman
From,Apnan KarimBinodpur,Magura |
Stamp
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
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Write
a letter to your friend describing how you celebrated pahela Baishakh.
November,30 2006
Farjana Rahman
Ibrahimpur
Mirpur-14 Dhaka-1206
My dear Rezoana,
At the beginning of the letter, take my cordial
love. Hope you are hale and hearty by the grace of Almighty Allah .I am also
well by His grace. Recently we have celebrated Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New
year’s day at our school premises in a befitting manner. The day is a symbol of
our Bangla culture It is celebrated with traditional festivities all over the
country As the day is a public holiday .On this day early in the morning people
of all ages and religions assemble at a particular place wearing traditional
dress and welcome the Bangla New year through songs and music. We, the students
and the teachers also went to our campus wearing traditional dress and sang
song in chorus welcoming the new year . Then artists sang folk song and bawool
songs. After that we enjoyed batasha (cake of molasses ) and Khoi(parched
rice)I ate panta- Illish with great pleasure I wore new clothes in the morning
I went various places like public squares .It was a special day to be
remembered for life That is all for today..
No more today . More when we shall meet each other
. And write to me whenever you have time.
With love and good wishes.
Farjana
From,FarjanaBinodpur,Magura |
Stamp
To,
Rezoana
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
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A letter to
your friend descrbing a street accident.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
It is with a heavy heart that I write a few lines about an accident
which happened just before my eyes.Last Monday at 10 a.m. a little boy was
crossing the road near our school.A bus was coming with full speed.It ran over
the boy.The boy died on the spot.A large crowded gathered there.I could not
bear it and left the place.
No more today.Be careful while moving the streets.
Yours ever,
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
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A letter to
your friend telling him what you intend to do after your S.S.C examination.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat,
At the beginning of
the letter, take my cordial love. Hope that you are well by the grace of all
mighty Allah. I am also well by the grace of Allah. A Sweet note from you have
just anchored to the shore of my heart.You want to know how I shall spend my
days after the S.S.C examination. At present I am thinking what will be much
more benefit of my upcoming life.I think that if I shall take technical course
it will be better because it is time of technical studies.Please let me know
how you want to spend your time. Wish all of your good luck. This is all for
today. Best wishes to you and all. No more today. More when we shall meet you.
Your ever,
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
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A letter to
your friend describing the bad effects of smoking.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
At the beginning of the letter, take my cordial love. I am sorry that
you have been addicted to smoking.You know that smoking is a bad habit. It does
a lot of harm to us. A single puff of cigarette smoke contains 15 billion
particles of substances which are very dangerous for health. Smoking causes
cancer,heart attack and other fatal diseases. Excessive smoking may lead a
person for premature death.
I would suggest you to give up smoking just now. Firm determination of
mind will help you in this respect. Never indulge in such dangerous habit
again.
Your ever,
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
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A letter to
your friend inviting him/her to spend a few days with you during the summer
vacation.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
At the beginning of the letter, take my cordial love. Hope that you are
well by the grace of all mighty Allah. I am also well by the grace of Allah. A
Sweet note from you have just anchored to the shore of my heart.I came to know
by your letter that the summer vacation of your school is beginning soon. So I
invite you to come to our village home to spend the vacation. My parents will
be happy to find you in our midst this time. We have many mango trees in our
village. You will get a lot of mangoes, Jackfruits and pineapples in this time.
Please come with your younger brother.
This is all for today. Best wishes to you and all.
No more today. More when we shall meet you.
Your ever,
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
A letter to
your friend inviting him/her to go with him/her to visit a place of historical
interest.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
At the beginning of the letter, take my cordial love. Hope that you are
well by the grace of all mighty Allah. I am also well by the grace of Allah. A
Sweet note from you have just anchored to the shore of my heart. You will be
glad to know that we are going to a picnic at Sonargaon. It is a place of historical
interest. It is near to Dhaka. I hope you will
join us. We shall start at seven o’clock in the morning from our school
campus.You will come in time. Your presence will give us much pleasure. Best
wishes to you and all.
No more today. More when we shall meet you.
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
A letter to
your friend inviting him/her to your birthday party.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat,
At the beginning of the letter, take my cordial love. Hope that you are
well by the grace of all mighty Allah. I am also well by the grace of Allah.
You will be glad to know that I am going to be a girl/boy of twelve on Monday
next. My parents will arrange a birthday party for this purpose. I invite you
to join my birthday party. Please come with your younger brother. This is all
for today. Best wishes to you and all.
No more today. More when we shall meet you.
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
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A letter to
your friend describing your experience of a train journey .
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
At the beginning of the letter, take my cordial love. Hope that you are
well by the grace of all mighty Allah. I am also well by the grace of Allah.
You wanted to know how I enjoyed the last train journey fro comilla to chittagong. You will be
glad to know that I had a chance to have a journey from Comilla to Chittagong. We were 5 in
number. We hired a tickets from Comilla railway station on the 3rd
instant. Our journey started from Comilla railway station at about 10 a.m. When
the train started moving we all felt joyous and pleasant. All the trees and
buildings, roads and people seemed to pass back rapidly. The green paddy fields
beside the both sides of the train charmed us. We reached Chittagong at about 3 p.m. The journey was
really a wonder for me. This is all for today. Best wishes to you and all.
No more today. More when we shall meet you.
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
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A letter to
your friend congratulating him on his
brilliant result.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
At the beginning of the letter, take my cordial love. Hope that you are
well by the grace of all mighty Allah. I am also well by the grace of Allah. I
have got your letter with good news. Please take my hearty congratulation on
your brilliant success. My parents are also very pleased to know your success.
Please come to visit our home as early as possible.
Best wishes to you and all.
No more today. More when we shall meet you.
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
A letter to
your friend inviting him to the marriage ceremony of your elder sister.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
At the beginning of the letter, take my cordial love. Hope that you are
well by the grace of all mighty Allah. I am also well by the grace of Allah.You
will be glad to know that the marriage ceremony of my sister will be held on
Sunday next.All of my friends will attend the marriage ceremony.I would request
you to come to our house at least three days earlier. Best wishes to you and
all.
No more today. More when we shall meet you.
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
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Write a letter to
your father informing him about your preparation for the ensuring examination.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear father
At first take my salam. I am very glad to receive your letter and I
have read it many a time and felt deeply that you are so much anxious of me. I
assure you that you need not think so
much about my studies. I am preparing very well for the ensuring examination.
Well, you will be delighted to know that I have got G.P.A.-5:00 in test examination. I am sure now you will be proud of me it I can do
better in the SSC examaination. I have
completed my revision of English,
Bengali and elective subjects. Do pray that I can keep your heads high by the
grace of Allah.
Covey my salam to mother and love to sony. I am eagerly waiting for
your next letter. With lots of love.
Your affectionate son
Nawsin
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Sarif Rahman
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
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Write a letter to
your younger brother about the usefulness of reading newspaper
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
I am very glad to receive your letter and also pleased that you have
written it in English.
Well you can improve your English not only studying your text books but
also a newspaper. The news paper reading interesting because you are getting
the current topics and up to date knowledge and it will also increase your vocabulary,
that is, stock of words and also the expression will be enriched. You will
learn many things with less conscious effort.you love games and sports and if
you read the news you will get both pleasure and language items like new words,
new phrases and new structures
No more today. Convey
my regards to father and mother. With love.
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
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Write a letter to your friend about your family.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
At the beginning of the letter, take my cordial love. Hope that you are
well by the grace of all mighty Allah. I am also well by the grace of Allah.I
am very glad to receive your letter. You are interested to know about my
family. My family is a happy middle class family consisting of five
members;father, mother, sister, brother and myself. I am the second child of my
family. My father is school teacher and leads an honest life with a great
hardship. My mother is a frugal and tolerant mother who also sears the hardship
of life maintaining our family smoothly. She does the household work herself
and never complains. We brother and sister are very naughty always quarrelling
for nothing yet we love each other. We have a strong family tie. No more today.
I am awaiting for your kind reply. Please write to me about your family.
Yours ever,
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
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Write a letter to your friend about annual sports day of your school.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
Your letter is just to hand. You have wanted to know about the annual
sports of our school. You will be glad to know that the annual sports of our
school came to an end yesterday. I am very pleased to let you know that I won
as many as three prizes in the annual sports of our school.
The
District Education officer inaugurated the function and the Deputy Commissioner
was the chief guest. There was a big gathering of spectators. Some of our
teachers acted as judges. Main items of sports were high jump, long jump, races
and discus throwing. Mannan of our class won the championship.
After the end of the function, the chief guest distributed the prizes.
It was really a day of great joy for us.
No more today. With best wishes for your bright future.
Yours ever,
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
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Write a letter to your friend describing your daily routine/a Typical
day of your life.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
Your letter is just to hand. You
have wanted to know about my typical day..
I
have a daily routine of my own. Everyday I follow it. I get up at 5:30 to 6:00
am. I walk in the open air for half an hour. I take my bath at 7am.Then I have
my breakfast. I start for school at 8:00 am. I returned from school at 1:30 pm.
After refreshing I take lunch. Then I rest for an hour. I go to play at 4:00
pm. In the evening I come back home. I wash my face and hands. Then I go to my
reading room. I study up to 10:00 pm. Then I take my supper and go to bed.
No
more today., More will be in the next. Write me back your feelings about
writing for your reply.Please come to our house as early as possible.
My
best regards to your parents and love to you.
Your
loving friend.
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
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Write a letter to your friend describing your aim
in life.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My
dear Nusrat
At first take my cordial love from my anchor of my
heart. Your letter is just to hand. You wanted to know about my aim in life.
Today I am glad to tell you about my aim in life. Perhaps you know that the
people of our country meet premature death without proper medical treatment.
This is due to the death of qualified doctors. This, I feel very much. I have
there for, made up my mind to be a doctor. I do not like to be doctor earns
money but I like to serve the suffering of the humanity.After completing my
course I shall go to the village to serve the poor villagers .I Shall take any
fees from them. They will pray for me from their heart.This is in short the aim
of my life.
Please write to me about your ambition in life. With love to you.
Your ever,
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
Write a letter to your
friend describing your your hobby.
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
Your letter is just to hand.
You have wanted to know about my hobby. Today I am writing to you about my
hobby. My hobby is gardening. I am giving you a short description of my garden.
My garden is in front of my
reading room. I work in my garden in the morning and evening. I make the soil
loose with a spade and weed out the grass. I water the garden regularly and
nurse the plant with care. There are many flowers in my garden. Among them the
roses, the sunflowers, the marigold and champa are most prominent. My garden is
of a source of pleasure to me. I feel happy when the flowers bloom and I can
give more attention to my studies.
No more today. Waiting to hear
from you, of late. Think you are well by the grace of Allah.
Yours ever,
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
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Write a letter to your friend to attend you birthday
Nawsin Rahman
Binodpur,Magura
August 23,2006
My dear Nusrat
Take my cordial love. I hope that you all are well by the grace of
omnipotent Allah. I am fine with my family. You know the 30th
September is my birthday. We are going to celebrate the birthday with my
friends. As you are also one of my best friends. So no occasion can be joyful
without you. I would like to request you to make a point that you will come by
25th September. I can not but stop here today. Convey my regards to
your parents and affection to the younger. No more today. More when we
shall meet each other.
Yours truly,
Nawsin Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
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Write a
letter to your friend telling about how your school deferrers from his.
30 July 2005
Sumya Rahman
Ibrahimpur
Dhaka cantt.Dhaka-1206
My dear Nusrat
Your letter is just to hand.
From your letter I have come to know about your school. But there are some
differences between your school and ours. Now I am going to tell you.
Your school is located in the rural area. But ours one is in the
capital city. Your school is tin-shed where as our school is made of brick,
which is a five –storied building. In your letter you have written at you have
20 teachers but we have 43.In your school there is no library. But we a big and
rich library. Your school starts at 10 am whereas our school begins at 8 a.m.
Besides, the number of students in your school is 500 but our school has 1200
students. One thing surprised me that in your school there is no electricity.
But we cannot even spend an hour without electricity. Actually there is much
difference between your school and ours one.
No more today. If possible , once come to Dhaka and meet us. My
respects to your father and mother.
Write me about your village. I shall be happy if you do it.
Your ever
Sumya Rahman
From,
Sumya Rahman
Ibrahimpur
Dhaka
cantt.Dhaka-1206
|
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
Write a letter to your friend
advising him how to improve / develop his skill in English.
30 July 2005
Sumya Rahman
Ibrahimpur
Dhaka cantt.Dhaka-1206
My dear Nusrat
At
first take my compliments and love. I think you are well with the grace the
almighty. A am also well. So, far as I know you are not so good in English,
which is the international language. I am going to advise how you can improve
your skill. English is used and understood in almost all over the countries. If
you wish to have higher education in any subject you must know English. So try
hard to improve your English.
By
listening, speaking and reading books you can improve your English. I advise
you to read English newspaper and listen to English news bulletin regularly.
Read English story books and novels. Keep a notebook and write down every new
word you come across. Then write down its meaning consulting dictionary. And
finally try to speak English as much as you can. If you follow these
instructions you will surely improve.
Yours truly,
Sumya Rahman
From,
Sumya Rahman
Ibrahimpur
Dhaka
cantt.Dhaka-1206
|
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
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Suppose you won a quiz and the
prize was a half an hours’ free ride by wide-bodied passenger plane. Now write
a letter to your friend describing the experience of the flight.
Sumya Rahman
Ibrahimpur
Dhaka cantt.Dhaka-1206
My dear Nusrat
You will be glad to know that
I had won a quiz and you will be surprised to know that the prize of it was a
half an hours free ride either by a wide bodied passenger plane or a
helicopter, it would be a personal travel and I would miss many things of
traveling by air. But if I travel by the wide-bodied passenger plane I would be
able to enjoy more. It is faster than a helicopter. I would be able to use the
airport. I would have the experience of taking off and landing of the plane.
Certainly I would have the experience of service facilities of the passenger
plane. So , I have decided to fly the wide bodied passenger plane. I think you
will agree with me. When the journey started I felt a little bit nervous
because of the turning of the plane. But gradually my all fears were gone away.
I was very much enjoying the flight. The roads and cities were looking like
snakes. I was very astonished to see the black clouds very much near to me.
After half an hour the journey ended. In my life it was my greatest experience.
I will never forget it.
No more today. Take care.
Your ever
Sumya Rahman
From,
Sumya Rahman
Ibrahimpur
Dhaka
cantt.Dhaka-1206
|
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
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Write a letter to your friend
with a set of instructions on how to use the internet.
Sumya Rahman
Ibrahimpur
Dhaka cantt.Dhaka-1206
My dear Nusrat
In your last letter you wanted
to know about the use of Internet. Now I am going to tell you about how to use
the Internet. Follow he instruction and it will be easy for you.
By this time you must know how
to use a computer. Using the Internet takes nothing more than the ability to
use a computer. For using Internet you have to use the particular software.
If you click on the icon of
browsing software such as the Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator, you
will automatically get logged on the Internet. You will find a space for
writing the address of the web page you want to see. If you write the address,
you will get to see that page. For finding a particular page you can take the
help of search engine through which you can search for information on web
pages. Yahoo and MSN and Google are the such engines. I believe, if you follow
the instructions, you will surely be able use the Internet with ease.
Now I am sure you will be able
to look for your desired information on the Internet. Let me know about your
progress.
Your ever
Sumya Rahman
From,
Sumya Rahman
Ibrahimpur
Dhaka
cantt.Dhaka-1206
|
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
Write a letter to your friend about
the importance of communicative English
Sumya Rahman
Ibrahimpur
Dhaka cantt.Dhaka-1206
My dear Nusrat
Your letter of the 5th instant in to hand. In your letter
you wrote about communicative English. In the letter you have asked me to write
about the advantages of it. Now I am
writing about it.
Communicative English in a newly introduced English learning method
through which one can communicate with other easily. Actually it is the purpose
of any language. The method has some advantages. In the communicative method at
dents understanding power can be tasted more then the previous method. When a
student fails to understand seen or unseen comprehension, he will be unable to
answer the question that follow. A student has to fill in the gaps of cloze
test from his understanding taking word from his vocabulary. In the previous
course we got the letters and applications by heart. But in communicative English their situations are not common.
While writing we have to add something. It increases our creative power. It
encourages us to write free hand. In true sense it is the ultimate goal of any
language learning. So the importance of communicative English can never be
denied.
No more today. Meet when our meeting will be held again . With best
regards to your parents and love to you and all . hoping to have a few lines
from you in reply.
Yours ever
Sumya Rahman
From,
Sumya Rahman
Ibrahimpur
Dhaka
cantt.Dhaka-1206
|
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
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Write a letter to
your friend thanking him for his hospitality.
Sumya Rahman
Ibrahimpur
Dhaka cantt.Dhaka-1206
My dear Nusrat
I have reached home safely. Now I’m at home but think I left my soul in
Magura. I really cannot forget affectionate love that your parents and elder
sister showed to me. I’m highly pleased at the entertainment that Sahrin Apu
did. It was beyond my expectations. I’ve never seen like a family like yours.
All the members of your family treated
me as Ma moni. I found no difference between you and me there. I think your family is also my family. Actually the hospitality you
showed , charmed me. I thank you for helping me in visiting all the places. I
think it was impossible for me to visit the places without your help. I enjoyed
your company very much. I’m feel proud having such a friend like you.
I told much of your hospitality, your family and you to my mother. She
is very much curious to see you. If it is possible then come to Dhaka within a
short time. I’m looking forward to you.
No more today.
Your loving friend,
Sumya Rahman
From,Nawsin RahmanBinodpur,Magura |
To,
Nusrat Sharmin
523,Faridpur Town hall Road,Faridpur.
|
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