Pronouns for neuter gender
Incorrect : The door is open; please shut her.
Correct : The door is open; please shut it.
Incorrect: The book is good; you should read him.
Correct: The book is good; you should read it.
Note: In English only persons and animals are of masculine or feminine gender. Things without life are of neuter gender and take the pronoun it in the singular. But when inanimate objects are personified, they take masculine or feminine pronouns.
For example:
Death lays his icy hands on all.
Bangladesh is a small country but her population is very big.