Vol. 4 Num 153 Mon. October 27, 2003       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Foreign Relations Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Suppliments Archives Editorial   Editorial The holy month of Ramadan Let's live up to its spirit The holy month of Ramadan begins with the Muslims preparing themselves for 30 days of fasting and self-abstinence in their quest for purification of the body and soul in the true sense of the term.   Editorial CHT affairs A call for coordination A meeting of the parliamentary standing committee for Chittagong hill tracts has stated the obvious: law and order and uplift efforts in the CHT are bedevilled by lack of coordination between variousorganisations   Perspectives The fate of Indo-Pak dialogue In his characteristic boldness of holding out olive branch to the adversary, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, the septuagenarian Prime Minister of India, launched his fresh peace offensive on 18 April last while   Double-standard on bigotry Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's recent speech to the OIC and the fall-out from it are still news in the US.   Building a national consensus for economic reform In the present context of Bangladesh, the creation of new employment opportunities is considered to be the key to poverty alleviation.   Matters around us How does the future look like for Vajpayee? Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has just completed fourth year as the head of the present government in the current five-year term.     Advertisement