1.reaffirms( পূননিশ্চিত করা): make known clearly or officially, claim, reassert
2.syncretic( বিভিন্ন মত ও গোত্রের সম্মীলন):
the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion
3.Fanfare:( জাঁকজমক, সাড়ম্বর অনুষ্ঠান): a showy outward di HomeEditorial
12:00 AM, October 23, 2015 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:00 AM, October 23, 2015
EDITORIAL
Children to go to schools in their locality
Ensure uniform standard first
The Prime Minister’s directive to the education and other ministries to take steps to make sure that all children are able to enroll into schools in their localities is certainly laudable. This is normal practice in many countries and has helped to ensure higher enrolments. The education ministry, in line with the Prime Minister’s directive, has announced a 40 percent quota for local admission seekers of public and private secondary schools. This announcement, we think, should have been preceded by some serious homework.
Ideally, making education available in the locality where a child lives would solve several problems. It will ease the unnecessary anxiety parents and their wards go through every year trying to get into a school of their choice. It will lower the time and cost of travel to and from school. The huge gridlock created by traffic generated by school goers will also be lessened to a great extent.
However, there is a strong rationale for seriously examining the idea. We feel there are preconditions that ought to be addressed before the idea is implemented. In this case, the main challenge is to ensure that the standard of learning is the same in all schools, which is hardly the case in the present context. For private schools in particular, the discrepancy in standard is quite glaring, making thousands of prospective students vie for the limited seats in institutions of good repute. The government must first adopt a strategy to monitor the quality of education in all schools, public or private, before implementing this new directive. Otherwise, a good idea will not be able to deliver the results that are expected from its implementation. splay
4.heartening (উৎসাহজনক): Encouraging inspiring
5.observed( উদযাপিত, লক্ষিত): notice, celebrate
6.isolated( বিচ্ছিন্ন): anomalous, desert,solitary, stranded
7.merely( নিছক, কেবল)
8.harmony( সংগতি, সমন্বয়,সুরেলা ধ্বনি): Balance, consonance
9.reactionary( প্রতিক্রিয়াশীল, প্রগতিবিরুদ্ধ): orthodox, conservative
10.disrupt( তছনছ করা, ব্যাহত করা) :dismember, break
11.significant( গুরুত্বপূর্ন, লক্ষনযুক্ত) :revealing, expressive
12.reflection:( প্রতিফলন)
13.tradition( ঐতিহ্য) : Custom, heritage
14.invoked( প্রার্থনা) : to refer to (something) in support of your ideas, to petition for help or support
15.kindred( সদৃশ, স্বজাতীয়, আত্মীয়) : closely related
16.diversity:( বৈচিত্র্য) :variety, heterogeneity
17.pluralistic( বহুত্ববাদী)
18.integral ( অখন্ড, সামগ্রিক): basic, fundamental
19.reinforced ( শক্তিবৃদ্ধিকরা): fortified, strengthen.
20. creed( বিশ্বাস/নীতি) : believe, principles, article of faith
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1.ensure( নিশ্চিত করা) :assure,guarantee, make sure
2.uniform(সমরূপ,অভিন্ন) :consistent, stable, regular
3.Directive( নিদর্শনা) :command, instruction, injunction, dictate, regulations
4.enrolment(তালিকাভুক্তি)
5.announced( ঘোষিত):broadcast, declared
6.gridlock( জট) :clog, barrier, blockade, bottlenecks, congestion
7.rationale( মূলনীতি, যুক্তি সহ ব্যাখ্যা) : argument, explanation
8.implement( প্রয়োগ) :application
9.discrepancy( অসামঞ্জস্যতা) : conflict, disagreement
10.glaring( জ্বলজ্বলে, স্পষ্ট) :blatant, manifest, obvious
11.prospective( সম্ভাব্য) : forthcoming, anticipated, potential
12.vie for( লেগে থাকা, চেষ্টা করা, লড়াই করা) :try, attempt, do ones best
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12:00 AM, October 23, 2015 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:00 AM, October 23, 2015
EDITORIAL
Celebration of Puja
Reaffirms our syncretic culture
We congratulate the Hindu community for celebrating Durga Puja with all the fanfare it deserves, in peace and a festive manner. It is also heartening to see that the celebration was participated by the other communities as is the tradition. That the 10-day religious festival was observed without any major incident, excepting a few isolated ones, merely goes to reaffirm our society’s acceptance of all religions in the land. Although credit is due to the authorities for maintaining law and order, the real thanks should go to the people, who have always stood up for harmony amongst the major faiths in Bangladesh and against reactionary elements bent on disrupting that harmony.
Durga Puja is not only the most significant festival for the Hindu community, it is also an event that brings together members of other faiths and a reflection of Bengali culture that signifies respect for motherhood and women. These are values that have deep roots in our traditions, and we believe that the festival has invoked kindred feelings among members of all faiths in an atmosphere of peace and joy and reaffirmed, once again, our unity in diversity.
Bangladesh may be a Muslim majority country, but it is also a pluralistic one. Although religion is an integral part of our existence, we are also a people who believe in peaceful coexistence of all faiths and cultures. Harmony is a way of life for our people and we hope and pray that through such festivals, our faith in one another is reinforced, regardless of what creed we belong to.
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