প্রথমে শব্দার্থগুলো পড়ে নিন:
Relocation: স্থানান্তর (Move, removal)
Farce:হাস্যকর বিষয় (Ridiculous)
Hazard:বিপত্তি, বিপর্যয়, ঝুঁকি (Trouble, Jeopardy, Dangerous)
Travesty:হাস্যকর অনুকরণ (Ridiculous imitation)
Lapse: ব্যর্থতা, ত্রুটি বিচ্যুতি (Failure, defect)
Outcome:ফলাফল (Result)
Apparent: স্পষ্ট, দৃশ্যমান (Frank, outward)
Spew out:নির্গত করা (Vomit)
Much-hyped: প্রচুর প্রতারণা (Fraud, Deception)
Quixotic:বাস্তবজ্ঞানহীন, আবেগতাড়িত (Impulsive)
Floundered:ভুল করা, (Make a mistake)
Oversight:ভুল, ত্রুটি (Omission)
Tannery:চামড়া পাকা করার কারখানা
Expose:খুলা, প্রকাশ করা, অনাবৃত করা (Reveal, uncover, Bring to light)
Compliance:সম্মতি(Agreement)
First And Foremost:সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ
Fiasco:ভরাডুবি, চরম ব্যর্থতা (Debacle)
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Relocation of tanneries
It has become a farce
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The project to relocate Hazaribagh tanneries to Savar, considering environmental and health hazards, has become a travesty with lapsed deadlines and no acceptable excuse. The irony is that, it was an outcome too apparent to all but the government which has failed to make the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) in the new location fully operational for proper treatment of toxic waste spewed out by the tanneries—the main objective of the much-hyped relocation move.
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The whole exercise is quixotic. How can the government expect factory owners to move when the construction of CETP is yet to be completed? Why has the project floundered since it was started in 2003?
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Hazaribagh, with about 200 tanneries, forms the backbone of the country’s leather industry contributing about USD 1 billion to the annual export basket. However, these factories operate in a virtual enforcement-free zone in which they are subject to little or no government oversight with regard to environmental regulations or labour laws. The consequences are there for everyone to see: a river, once the lifeline of Dhaka, running black with pollution from the tanneries and workers exposed to hazardous materials daily./,
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Ensuring compliance of all tanneries with international standards and Bangladeshi law is an opportunity to firmly establish the leather industry to strengthen the economy. But first and foremost, the government must show genuine commitment in ending the relocation fiasco by getting the Tannery Industrial Estate in Savar up and running as per guidelines.
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