1.Alarming( ভীতিপ্রদ, আশংকাজনক) : Dangerous, distressing, startling, appalling, dismaying
2.merely( শুধু, নিছক, কেবল) : simply, alone
3.as per( অনুসারে)
4.abduct( অপহরন) :Seize, Kidnap
5.settle( মেটানো, বসতি স্থাপন, থিতানো) : resolve,achieve, make certain, mediate, reconcile
6.animosities( শত্রুতা, বৈরিতা) : adversity, enmity,hostility
7.disputes( বিতর্ক,বিবাদ,ঝগড়া):altercation, brawl,Hassel
8.degradation( ক্ষয়, অধঃপতন, অবনতি) : Decay, deterioration, dilapidation
9.moral( নৈতিকতা)
10.values( মূল্যবোধ)
11.steady( অটল, অবিচলিত) : firm, constant, unweaving
12.victim( শিকার) : scapegoat
13. cold blood( ঠান্ডা মাথায়)
14.ransom( মুক্তিপণ) : blackmail money paid for return of possession or person, deliverance
15.promulgated(প্রচার করা) : proclaim, disseminate, announce, declare, notify
16.ordinance( অধ্যাদেশ, বিধান)
17.emerge( উদ্ভুদ, উত্থিত, নির্গত) : come out, appear, emanate,
18.comprehensive( ব্যাপক, বিস্মৃত, সর্বাঙ্গীণ) : extensive, widespread
19.approach( নিকটবর্তিতা, অভিগমন, মুখোমুখি হওয়া) : advance, access
20. malady( রোগ, ব্যাধি, পীড়া) : disease, affliction, ailments
21. disseminate( প্রচার করা, ছড়িয়ে দেয়া) :circulate, publish
22.reprehensible( নিন্দনীয়, দোষনীয়) : blameworthy, culpable
23.sermons( ধর্মীয় বকৃতা, ধর্মোপদেশ)
24.scourge.( চাবুক)
এবার পড়ি
February 06, 2016
EDITORIAL
Alarming rise in child killings
Not merely a law enforcement issue
As per a news report in a leading Bangla daily, some 1,085 children have been murdered in the country over the last four years. Experts and social scientists agree that criminals are being employed to abduct and if necessary kill these children to settle personal animosities and disputes over property ownership, as children are the easiest targets. With the steady degradation of social and moral values, we find children falling victim to the most serious of crimes, i.e. murder. We witness with horror the murdering of children in cold blood even when these children are taken for ransom and the ransom is paid, as in the case of 11-year-old boy Abdullah found murdered in Keraniganj recently.
Legal experts point out that although ‘Child Act 2013’ was promulgated, neither have the ordinances been set nor is there any application of the law. The police merely react to situations as they emerge. This is not only a law enforcement issue; rather it requires a far more comprehensive approach that will bring together political parties, society at large and the police to tackle a malady that is both criminal and social in nature. The media need to be involved to disseminate information that it is morally reprehensible to target children; religious figures like the Imams should be giving sermons to the faithful on the issue and there is a role for civil society organisations to spread the message to both rural and urban audiences. Only together can we fight this scourge that is now threatening our children.
আরো পড়ুন:
নরেন্দ্র মোদির প্রথম বছরে ভারত-বাংলাদেশ সম্পর্ক