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Making politics corruption-free
Should referendum be held
to determine reforms?
MI Ali
Dr. Yunus's comment that all politicians of this country are corrupt has kicked up a storm. His comment does not contain any escape clause, which our politicians could use to claim that she/he is honest and all others are corrupt and has put the onus on the politicians themselves to prove that she/he is not corrupt. This can be done very simply by each politician making a statement declaring their wealth and the sources of income that made it possible for them to acquire and accumulate their wealth... [ FULL STORY ]
CG should to speed up decisions
to recoup lost time
Sadeq Khan
Ashura the mourning day of Moharram has been left behind in January and we have entered the month of February. For us it is the beginning of the season of mist and mellow fruitfulness of book fairs, cultural bustles, and proud memories of the language movement. In the annual cycle of our recent past, political agitations of any winter of discontent always calmed down somewhat for a breath of fresh air in February festivities, strong rival partisan postures notwithstanding. This year the proclamation of emergency has put a lid on political agitation... [ FULL STORY ]
EC being reconstituted
Interim government moving
towards credible polls
A. R. Khan
At last, they did it. But after so much chaos and confusion and not under a democratic dispensation but in an emergency rule... [ FULL STORY ]
Emergency: Winners and losers
Politicians are required
to shun brinkmanship
Mumtaz Iqbal
An interim profit and loss account four weeks into the Emergency suggests a diverse mix of "winners" and "losers", a natural outcome after such a major political
upheaval... [ FULL STORY ]
Wahidul Haque, noted
Tagore exponent, dies
Holiday Desk
Noted Tagore song researcher and journalist Wahidul Haque died in the evening last Saturday at BIRDEM Hospital at the age of 74. The on-duty physician at the intensive care unit of the hospital where he had been under treatment since January 15, declared him dead at about 5:00pm because of a cardiac arrest and multi-organ failure. He was admitted to the hospital with complaints of severe pneumonia and complications of the heart and kidney. He was survived by his wife, also a noted Tagore singer, Dr. Sanjida Khatun, two sons, and two daughters... [ FULL STORY ]
Constitutionalism and allied issues
When should polls be held?
M. Shahidul Islam in Toronto
The effectual and proper way to challenge any constitutional breach is to identify the breach and seek appropriate judicial interpretation and remedy. In our case, breaches have occurred and grudgingly rectified in the wake of the formation of a CG in late October 2006. The nation paid a heavy price for the lapses...[ FULL STORY ]
Closure of UN poll monitoring cell in Dhaka
Was it politically motivated?
Fazle Rashid in New York
Many countries in the world are bracing for elections or change of guards at the helm of affairs. Top most among them is of course United States, showpiece of all that is best in democracy. This is a perilous time. Sweeping authority bestowed in the office of the President has altered many democratic values, which made America the centre-piece of democracy... [ FULL STORY ]
CG should ensure all reforms
demanded by politicians
Mohammed Ali Sattar
The Caretaker Government (CG) that has been sworn in for a short term has embarked on gigantic projects of social and political cleansing. The task, which the political parties pledge to the people but leave them unfulfilled has been taken up by the interim government. The caretakers, who come from different professions, apparently seem serious and hopeful. But the uphill task undertaken by them will not be easy to
accomplish... [ FULL STORY ]
US poised to attack Iran
The West may face 'civilisational' danger
Francis Fukuyama
The United States today spends approximately as much as the rest of the world combined on its military establishment. So it is worth pondering why it is that, after nearly four years of effort, the loss of thousands of American lives, and an outlay of perhaps half-a-trillion dollars, the US has not succeeded in pacifying a small country of some 24 million people, much less in leading it to anything that looks remotely like a successful democracy... [ FULL STORY ]
ULFA is now faced with difficult situation
Nava Thakuria in Guwahati
While the United Liberation Front of Asom or Assam (ULFA) faced alienation from two important support bases in Northeast India, it started losing trust. The banned armed group, which is presently facing the counter-insurgency operation by the Indian security forces in many parts of the region, also countered opposition from two influential Assam-based social organisations namely All Assam Students Union (AASU) and Assam Sahitya Sabha (ASS), both of which remained sympathetic to the outfit till a few months back... [ FULL STORY ]
Gas production too can trigger tremors
Coal mining can cause earthquakes
Richard A. Lovett
The most damaging earthquake in Australia's history was caused by humans, new research says. The magnitude-5.6 quake that struck Newcastle, in New South Wales, on December 28, 1989, killed 13 people, injured 160, and caused 3.5 billion U.S. dollars worth of damage...
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