1.reckless( বেপরোয়া) : Careless, irresponsible, heedless, helter-shelter,
2.budding( বিকাশমান) : beginning to develop, nascent
3.apparently( স্পষ্টত) :clearly, palpably, manifestly
4.span( নির্দিষ্ট সময়ের ব্যাবধান, সীমা): range
5.cries out( চিৎকার করা, দাবি জানানো) :scream or shout aloud, to demand in an obvious manner
6.condolence( সমবেদনা) : Sympathy, fellow feeling, consolation
7.sheer( পরিপুর্ন ভাবে সেই রকম, নিছক)
a. Completely such, without qualification or exception, absolute; unmitigated, absolutely, completely
8.mere(সামান্য/ অগুরুত্বপূর্ণ): bare
9.better off: ( ভালো অবস্থায়) : being in a more advantageous position
10.umpteen( অসংখ্য) : very many, indefinitely numerous
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Sub Editorial শব্দগুলো
1.Dip( হ্রাস) : drop, depression
2.defies( উপেক্ষা, অমান্য, গ্রাহ্য না করা) : resist boldly or openly
3.subsidy( ভর্তুকি) : endowments, financial aid
4.accumulated( জড়ো হওয়া) : to gather, collect
5.stance(ভংগি, অবস্থান) : a publicly stated opinion
6.motive( উদ্দেশ্য): : something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act, a reason for doing something
7.incurred(ভারাক্রান্ত হওয়া/ গ্রস্ত হওয়া) : to cause yourself to have or experience (something unpleasant or unwanted
8.fluctuation( ওঠানামা/ হ্রাস বৃদ্ধি) : to change level, strength, or value frequently
9.prompt( উত্তেজিত, প্ররোচিত করা, কাউকে কিছু করানো)Induce, Invoke, to cause some one to do something
10.trickle down effect( ধনীদের কে আরো ধনী করলে তারা কিছুটা হলেও দরিদ্রদের অবস্থা উন্নয়নে সাহায্য করবে.. এই মমতবাদ)if you make the rich ritcher, that they will somwhow improve the condition of the poorest.
11.consumer goods( ভোগ্যপন্য)
12.levied( করারোপ) : : an amount of money that must be paid and that is collected by a government or other authority
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EDITORIAL
Reckless drivers continue to kill
How much longer will it go on?
The death of two budding young students apparently caused by reckless driving within a span of only eight hours, around Shahbagh area, cries out for the re-structuring of the public transportation system and strict punishment of the parties at fault, under law. We offer our deepest condolences to the families of Sabiha Akhter Sonali, 14, and Khadija Sultana Mitu, 12, for the unrecoverable losses.
We feel that such “accidents” occur in a sheer state of lawlessness where buses, many of them unfit to operate, driven by drivers, often without valid licenses, can run someone over and not bother to stop and take responsibility, as was the case in the death of Sonali who wanted to become a doctor.
Policymakers must stop thinking of road safety as a mere transport issue and recognise it as a public health and sustainable development problem as poor families are more likely than those better off to lose the head of household and suffer direct and indirect expenses, such as medical costs, insurance loss, property damage and family income losses. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), road traffic injuries cause a loss of about 2 percent of GDP in Bangladesh.
Umpteen reports and editorials have been written on road accidents in Bangladesh. It is high time we adopted an internationally accepted approach to road safety, taking into consideration vehicles, roads and road users to prevent crashes and strengthening the legal system to deal with the responsible parties which must include owners as well as drivers.
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Sub Editorial
Dip in international oil price
Not reducing home price defies logic
The logic being offered by the government for not adjusting the oil price in the country with the international price is that the BPC is making up for the huge ‘losses’ it has run up over the years. For one thing the BPC losses were made up by government subsidy almost as much as the BPC had accumulated since it began operating in 1997, which it has not yet paid back. And in the last two years since early 2014, when the prices started to fall, the BPC has more than made up the ‘losses’ by keeping to the previous price. So, why the rigid stance on reducing the oil price?
We want to state that neither the government nor the BPC is a business house nor should they be working with a profit motive. Losses incurred due to fluctuation of prices of an important product can be adjusted but not in the manner that the BPC has done. While it has been prompt in re-fixing prices, upwards, with the rise of oil price in the international market, the benefits of the dip in prices have not been felt by the people in the last two years.
Low oil price has a positive trickle down effect on the economy. It boosts investment and adds to the GDP apart from making consumer goods cheaper. Instead of recovering losses by making the users pay more than three times the cost price of oil, the taxes can be levied on new investments and products. Profiteering by keeping high oil price at home compared to the cost price makes poor economic sense.
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