Vol. 5 Num 139 Mon. October 11, 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 After three years, where are we? Misgovernance negates progress Three years of a government's tenure is no small time-period. For, it is the afternoon of a government's term. At this point, essential signs of how the rest of its tenure will go can be read.   Editorial People, police thwart Ahmadiyya mosque raid This is how it should be We are relieved and somewhat delighted too by the quick and timely steps taken jointly by civil society, local people and most importantly law enforcing agencies to thwart a planned raid by religiouszealots Post Editorial   Perspectives A new generation of Islamic militancy M Abdul Hafiz Now an anathema but both Taliban and Al-Qaeda were once the darlings of the America's CIA under the rubric of Afghan Mujahideens fighting the Soviet occupation during the eighties.   Should the legislators be involved in development work? M. Abdul Latif Mondal Legislature is one of the three basic pillars of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, the other two being executive and judiciary.   As I see it Arms purchases and developing countries Ikram Sehgal writes from Karachi Military spending, security and economic development are interrelated variables.     Advertisement