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1) death throes( ধ্বংসের মুখে) : the final stages before something fails or ends
2)Utter ( চরম , ঘোর , সম্পূর্ন ) : downright, sheer, unmitigated)
3)requiem( শোকগাথা,) dirge,elegy, lament
4)resuscitate( পুনরুজ্জীবিত করা,চাঙ্গা করে তোলা) :invigorate, enliven , renovate, energize)
5)drastic (তীব্র , চূড়ান্ত) : Extravagant, harsh ,exorbitant
6) measures ( পদক্ষেপ,ব্যবস্থা) :
7) depicting ( পেশ, চিত্রিত, বর্ণনা) : portray,delineate, illustrate
8)plundered (লুণ্ঠিত) :devastate,ransack,grab
9)counterparts(প্রতিরূপ, প্রতিলিপি): duplicate,equivalent
10)nefarious(অসাধু, আইনবহির্ভূত):he
inous,detestable, outrageous,vicious, vile, opprobrious
11) come to naught ( পুরোপুরি ব্যর্থ ) To be totally unsuccessful or amount to nothing.
12)blatantly ( স্পষ্ট ভাবে,অনায়াসে চোখ পড়ে এমন) : Overtly ,flagrantly
13)violated (লঙ্ঘন) : breach, contravene
14)giving two hoots( গুরুত্ব দেয়া )
15) gross( স্থুল, অমার্জিত)
16)complicity(দুষ্কর্মে সহায়তা বা অংশগ্রহণ): collaborations, collusion, connivance, involvement.manipulation, abetment
17)abdicate (পরিত্যাগ করা , বর্জন করা , পরিহার করা):cede ,relinquish
renounce.resign
18)succumb (বশ্যতা শিকার করা , মারা যাওয়া ) :yield.
19)pecuniary( অর্থ ঘটিত , আর্থিক) : monetary , financial
20) temptations(প্রলোভন, লোভ):allurement, appeal,seduction
21)encroachment : (সীমালঙ্ঘন; অবৈধপথে কোনো কিছু লাভ ) :trespass,intrusion, invasion
22) navigability( নাব্যতা )
এবার পড়ি
EDITORIAL
Turag on the death throes
Utter disregard for national resources
Turag on the death throes
We can only write a requiem for the once mighty river that has been one of the capital's lifeline sustaining its population. It is all but dead and nothing can resuscitate it back to life unless some drastic measures are taken.
We have been highlighting Turag's woes for several years, as we have been of the other three important rivers which are so very vital for the city, depicting how a nature's gift to man was being plundered gradually by the powerful and the rich river grabbers, who seem to have outdone their counterparts - the land grabbers - in their most nefarious activity.
It is frustrating that the many initiatives taken by the Parliament and the judiciary should have come to naught. The sad part of the story is how the court rulings have been blatantly violated not giving two hoots for the law. We cannot believe that such a gross destruction of this and other rivers can be effected without the complicity of the relevant departments of the administration. These grabbers become more powerful than the state agencies only because those responsible to protect the interest of the state abdicate their duty and succumb to pecuniary temptations. Otherwise how does one account for the present condition of the river?
Very recently, a strong committee under the Navy Chief has been formed to free the rivers around the capital from pollution and illegal encroachment and increase their navigability. It should get to work immediately. But that apart, those that have brought the rivers to near death must be held to account as also those in the administration who have allowed this to happen.