Volume 4 Number 158 Sat. November 01, 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 Literature Others About Us Contact Advertisement Suppliments Archives Editorial   Editorial Competitiveness index Slipping down the ladder Bangladesh has lost some rating points in the Global Competitiveness Index and the Business Competitiveness Index in the last one year.   Editorial Massive power outage Can't we avoid it? The sudden power outage on Wednesday, the longest ever, only added to the woes that people had been suffering from for a while.   Post breakfast The simmering Chittagong hill tracts Two important steps have been taken recently with regard to the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).   Lighten up An ultra-professional game Sports or games, whether solo or team events, do not usually call for a father figure or progenitor, as it were. Cricket affords an exception in the larger than life shape of Dr.     Advertisement