The Daily Star_Editorial: 21.04.2017

Daily Star Vocabulary 21-04-2017

###- The growing strategic importance of Bangladesh to China.....(Editorial)

1. enormous bilateral assistance - অসাধারণ দ্বিপাক্ষিক সহায়তা

2. littoral state - উপকূলীয় রাজ্য

3. consolidate influence - সুসংহত প্রভাব

4. investment pledge - বিনিয়োগ অঙ্গীকার

5. exert - জাহির করা(assert, advertise,show off)

6. repercussion - প্রতিক্রিয়া

7. lucrative market -লাভজনক বাজার

8. armament - রণসজ্জা

9. inevitably result - অনিবার্যভাবে ফলাফল

10. vigorously market - জোরালো বাজার

### - United we stand, overbooked we fall........(Opinion)

1. sumptuous - অতীব ব্যয়বহুল

2. aviation - বিমানচালনা বিদ্যা

3. mayhem - মারপিট

4. euphemism - শ্রুতিকটু পদের পরিবর্তে কোমলতার পদের প্রয়োগ

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###-Killed for pursuing studies! ..............(sub editorial)

1. Reprehensible - নিন্দনীয়

2. alleged - কথিত

3. patriarchal society - পিতৃতান্ত্রিক সমাজ

4. expatriate worker - প্রবাসী শ্রমিক

5. inquest report - তদন্ত রিপোর্ট

6. physical abuse - শারিরীক নির্যাতন
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Full sub editorial......

Killed for pursuing studies!
Reprehensible

Marufa Akhter is alleged to have been tortured and murdered by her in-laws over her decision to pursue higher secondary education after she was married off to a much older man in Jhalakathi. That her mother and Marufa opposed the marriage is of no consequence, as we live in a patriarchal society where fathers generally have the final say. Her husband is an expatriate worker and her in-laws did not take kindly to her attending college at Nalchity Degree College. Her mother alleges Marufa was tortured to death and the police inquest report states the body bore marks of injuries. The irony is that Marufa was a high performer in her secondary school certificate exams and had the support of her expatriate husband who encouraged her to study further.

We wonder what sort of a society condemns girls to physical abuse over education. The dark ages are upon us where in-laws now apparently have no qualms about resorting to violence in order to keep in check women who wish to break out of their surroundings through education, so that they may one day become empowered which only better education can ensure. This latest incident also brings to the fore the dangers presented by the practice of child marriage where a minor girl has little say in who she marries and when. We hope the police will be proactive in getting to the bottom of this alleged murder. Marufa's death should serve as a wakeup call for law enforcement because incidents like this are on the upswing nationwide and taking no action only encourages more of the same.

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