Vol. 4 Num 336 Mon. May 10, 2004       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Editorial   Editorial Economics get a raw deal When will politics become economy-friendly? BANGLADESH seems out of tune with a global trend. Whereas development agenda of nation-states are gaining an upper hand over their internal politics, she is bogged down in politics.   Editorial NGOs and alternative political forum Donors take issue THE government's NGO policy and its attitude towards formation of an alternative political forum by former president Dr B Choudhury engaged the attention of some donor representatives at the BDF meeton Post Editorial   Perspectives The final blow to "the peace of the brave": All with US blessings! M Abdul Hafiz TO the outside world, Israel's assassination of 67-year-old, semi-blind quadriplegic Hamas chief Sheikh Ahmad Yassin   Bangladesh Development Forum: A scorecard Manzoor Ahmed The annual Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF), a conclave of some two dozen bilateral and multilateral donors and the Bangladesh Government, is meeting in Dhaka this week.   Plain words Is it only Sharon? M B Naqvi Bush Administration's endorse-ment of the Sharon Plan, the socalled unilateral withdrawal from Gaza Strip, is a major international event.     Advertisement