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###- Stop Rohingya influx, take them back......(Front Page)
1. influx - কোনো স্থানে লোকজনের ক্রমাগত আগমন
2. bilateral issues - দ্বিপক্ষীয় বিষয়
3. immediately halt the exodus - অবিলম্বে দেশত্যাগ বন্ধ করা
4. repatriate - প্রত্যাবাসন করান
5. tiny fraction - ক্ষুদ্র ভগ্নাংশ
6. persecution - নিপীড়ন
7. ethnic cleansing - জাতিগত নির্মূল
8. minority attack - সংখ্যালঘু হামলা
### - Felani, the BSF and the elusive zero target.......(editorial)
1. Amidst huge outcry - অভ্যন্তরীণ প্রচুর হৈচৈ
2. exonerated - পুনর্বাসন করা
3. lucrative cattle trading - লাভজনক গরু ব্যবসা
4. close vicinity - ঘনিষ্ঠ সান্নিধ্য
5. lofty commitments - মহৎ অঙ্গীকার
6. reiterations, killings, abduction and torture - পুনরাবৃত্তি, হত্যাকাণ্ড, অপহরণ ও নির্যাতন
7. respect the sentiment - অনুভূতির প্রতি সম্মান প্রদর্শন
8. dastardly acts - কাপুরুষোচিত কাজ
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###- Under-construction flyover without safety measures......(editorial)
1. Blatant disregard - ভীষণ অসম্মান
2. Under-construction - নির্মাণাধীন
3. adequate precautionary and preventive measures - পর্যাপ্ত সতর্কতামূলক এবং প্রতিরোধমূলক ব্যবস্থা
4. avert a mishap - দুর্ঘটনা এড়াতে
5. fatal accidents - মারাত্মক দুর্ঘটনা
6. blissfully unconcerned - উদাসীন নির্লিপ্ততা
7. collapsed - ধসা
8. life and limb - জীবন ও অঙ্গ
9. public safety is inexcusable - জননিরাপত্তা অমার্জনীয়
10. dissemination of information - তথ্য প্রচার
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FULL EDITORIAL.......
Under-construction flyover without safety measures
Blatant disregard for public wellbeing
Absence of adequate safety measures has resulted in an iron rod falling off this under-construction flyover stretching from Muradpur to the Ispahani intersection in Chittagong city on Sunday evening, damaging a car passing underneath. On June 29, 2012, a rickshaw-puller made a lucky escape with just bruises after a concrete girder of another flyover at Bahaddarhat, then under-construction, collapsed. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Our concern is raised by a photo published in this paper on January 10 showing an under-construct
ion flyover in Chittagong without adequate precautionary and preventive measures to avert a mishap. We find it appalling that the authorities should fail to put any safety measures in place even hours after an iron bar from the structure fell on a passing car.
The thoroughfare is one of the busiest in Chittagong, the country's commercial capital. Nothing short of a miracle prevents even more fatal accidents from occurring, and we find it hard to believe that such a huge infrastructural project is being implemented without addressing the crucial safety issues.
Authorities appear to be blissfully unconcerned, as it has not been long that a flyover collapsed in the very city, not far away from the current construction site, leading to the terrible loss of life and limb. In light of such accident-prone antecedents of flyover construction, any lapse with regard to public safety is inexcusable. This shows gross negligence on the part of the authorities and a complete disregard for minimum safety standards.
Public safety cannot be glossed over. There should be proper monitoring and dissemination of information regarding safety rules to prevent what appears to be an impending disaster. Such sites should be enclosed and made off-limits to vehicular movement after serving prior notice. We hope that the construction company would be penalised for their negligence and the vehicle owner of the Chittagong flyover incident compensated, and those government agencies responsible for ensuring public safety be held to account.
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