1.mayhem( মারামারি, দাংগা হাংগামা, বিশৃঙ্খলা) : Chaos, deliberate violence or damage, Anarchy, commotion, Disorder
2.grave( গুরুত্বপূর্ণ, সংকটপূর্ণ) threatening a seriously bad outcome or involving serious issue, critical
3.Concern (উদ্বিগ্ন হাওয়া) : To trouble, worry or disquiet, solicitude, important relation or bearing
4.erupt( বিস্ফোরণ, উদগিরণ) : give forth, eject with force, blow up, break out, to burst forth
5.vandals( ধ্বংসোন্মাদ, বর্বর, ধ্বংসকারী) : defacer, person who defiles property, destroyer, plunderer
6.indiscriminate( নির্বিচারে, এলোমেলো) : haphazard, random
7.disruption( ভাঙ্গন, ঐক্য নাশ, চূর্ণবিচূর্ণ অবস্থা): to break apart, rupture, : to interrupt the normal course or unity
8.reprehensible( নিন্দনীয়, তিরস্কারের যোগ্য): condemnable,
9.egged by( প্ররোচিত হওয়া/ উত্তেজিত হওয়া) to urge or incite, esp to daring or foolish acts
10.evoke( আহবান করে আনা, টেনে বের করে আনা) : elicit, to call forth or up:
11.outrage( অত্যাচার, অবমাননা, নির্মম বা সন্ত্রাসী কাজ) : : an act of violence or brutality, the anger and resentment aroused by injury or insult
12. unleash( ছেড়ে দেয়া, মুক্ত করা, ঘটতে দেয়া): allow or cause (something very powerful) to happen suddenly
13.stringent( অনমনীয়, অটল, কড়া) : very strict, severe
14vandalism( ধ্বংসাত্মক কর্মকাণ্ড) :the act of deliberately destroying or damaging property
15.pretext( ওজর/ ছুতা) : a reason that you give to hide your real reason for doing something
এবার পড়ি
January 14, 2016
EDITORIAL
Brahmanbaria mayhem
Why destroy public property?
The mayhem that took place on Tuesday in Brahmanbaria over the death of a madrasa student is of grave concern to us. The student in question seems to have died of injuries sustained during clashes between traders, police and madrasa students. It is unthinkable that an argument over the sale of a mobile phone could erupt into a full scale battle that led to an individual’s death and injuries to many others, as well as the destruction of various establishments including a cultural centre, a bank and railway station. The vandals also removed fishplates from the tracks causing immense disruptions in the train schedules. It took four platoons of BGB, 100 rounds of rubber bullets and teargas shells to bring the situation under control.
We condemn the indiscriminate destruction of public and private property in the name of protest. It is reprehensible that the violence was egged on by posts in social media by political parties and their wings. While it is understandable that the death of a fellow student would evoke outrage, there is no excuse for anyone to take the law into their own hands and unleash such terror on a town and its residents. It appears that the students were bent on destruction rather than seeking justice. Acts of vandalism under any pretext cannot be tolerated and have to be handled with stringent measures.
At the same time there is no question that the circumstances under which the madrasa student died have to be revealed. It is encouraging that a probe body of the police has been formed and two officers involved in the incidents have been withdrawn. A thorough, swift investigation is in order and the person(s) responsible must be brought to book.
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