Volume 4 Number 207 Wed. December 24, 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 Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections StarTech Star Chittagong Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Editorial   Editorial PM at Dhaka University Right speech, but will it be followed by right action? We have been anything but the best in our speeches. But we have never been anywhere near best in our action. That sums up our history of most things.   Editorial Under-trial prisoners Who will be accountable for their lost years? It is a reflection on our justice dispensation system that no fewer than 155 inmates of Dhaka Central Jail have remained in captivity without trial for five to 11 years.   Post Editorial Beneath the surface Roads, electrification and poverty reduction Abdul Bayes In the context of India, an earlier research conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) argued that additional expenditure on roads is found to have the largest impact on poverty   A tyrant is captured: Judge Saddam fairly Praful Bidwai, writes from New Delhi Mr Saddam Hussein's capture had every element of drama.   Will Saddam Hussein's capture rescue US from Iraq morass? Billy I Ahmed Saddam Hussein was not some virtuoso organising attacks that had risen across the entire territory of Iraq. He was a stalking individual, apparently moving from place to place for his own survival.     Advertisement