Daily Star Vocabulary 22-04-2017
গুরুত্বপূর্ণ শব্দগুলোর অর্থসহ আজকের "The Daily Star" পত্রিকার সম্পাদকীয়। (তথ্য ও তত্ত্ব জানার পাশাপাশি English proficiency বৃদ্ধির উত্তম সুযোগ)
By: জুবায়রুল হাসান, শাবি
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1. aqua-life - জলজ প্রাণী
2. fortnight - পনেরো দিন, একপক্ষ
3. plight of - সঙ্কটাপন্ন অবস্থা
4. flash floods - আকস্মিক বন্যা
5. water haverotted - জলের স্রোত??
6. severe depletion - গুরুতর হ্রাস
7. species - প্রজাতি
8. aftermath of - পরিণাম
9. upstream - উজানমুখী
10. cognizance - অবগতি
11. eventually - অবশেষে
12. to preclude - প্রতিরোধ করা
13. launched - চালু করা
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Deaths of aqua-life in haors
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Determine the actual cause quickly
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For the last fortnight the haors, in greater Sylhet particularly, have been in the news. First for the plight of the nearly quarter million people who are dependent on the haors for their livelihood. On that are the shocking pictures of large numbers of deaths of aqua-life following the flash floods. The argument that the un-harvested crops that went under water haverotted and might have caused the deaths holds no water since this is not the first time that these areas have been visited by flash floods. But we do not recall such deaths in the past.
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It is also true that the waters of the haor areas have been contaminated to such an extent to have caused severe depletion of oxygen in the water affecting different species of fishes of that area. But this state of the haors have been there for quite some time. So why the deaths, and more so immediately in the aftermath of the flash flood caused by water from upstream?
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In this regard we feel that the report in this paper on Friday suggesting that uranium might have something to do with the deaths should be taken into cognizance. Reportedly, the open uranium mines in Meghalaya, overflooded by rain, might have contaminated the water of the upstream rivers, and eventually our rivers.
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However, we would like to put our faith in the statement of the Meghalaya deputy chief minister that uranium has nothing to do with it. And that makes the need for a quick analysis to preclude the presence of uranium and determine the real cause of the deaths. If need be a joint investigation can be launched with the Meghalaya government in this regard since marine life has been similarly affected in Meghalaya also.
By: জুবায়রুল হাসান, শাবি
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1. aqua-life - জলজ প্রাণী
2. fortnight - পনেরো দিন, একপক্ষ
3. plight of - সঙ্কটাপন্ন অবস্থা
4. flash floods - আকস্মিক বন্যা
5. water haverotted - জলের স্রোত??
6. severe depletion - গুরুতর হ্রাস
7. species - প্রজাতি
8. aftermath of - পরিণাম
9. upstream - উজানমুখী
10. cognizance - অবগতি
11. eventually - অবশেষে
12. to preclude - প্রতিরোধ করা
13. launched - চালু করা
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Deaths of aqua-life in haors
***
Determine the actual cause quickly
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For the last fortnight the haors, in greater Sylhet particularly, have been in the news. First for the plight of the nearly quarter million people who are dependent on the haors for their livelihood. On that are the shocking pictures of large numbers of deaths of aqua-life following the flash floods. The argument that the un-harvested crops that went under water haverotted and might have caused the deaths holds no water since this is not the first time that these areas have been visited by flash floods. But we do not recall such deaths in the past.
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It is also true that the waters of the haor areas have been contaminated to such an extent to have caused severe depletion of oxygen in the water affecting different species of fishes of that area. But this state of the haors have been there for quite some time. So why the deaths, and more so immediately in the aftermath of the flash flood caused by water from upstream?
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In this regard we feel that the report in this paper on Friday suggesting that uranium might have something to do with the deaths should be taken into cognizance. Reportedly, the open uranium mines in Meghalaya, overflooded by rain, might have contaminated the water of the upstream rivers, and eventually our rivers.
*
However, we would like to put our faith in the statement of the Meghalaya deputy chief minister that uranium has nothing to do with it. And that makes the need for a quick analysis to preclude the presence of uranium and determine the real cause of the deaths. If need be a joint investigation can be launched with the Meghalaya government in this regard since marine life has been similarly affected in Meghalaya also.
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