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Bare Facts
Need for enacting a law to regulate appointments in EC
For a week or so, appointment of retired Justice Mahfuzur Rahman and Secretary, Election Commission SM Zakaria, both allegedly loyal to the BNP-led alliance government, as new election commissioners (ECs)
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The Horizon This Week
After Iraq is it Iran?
Although there are no signs of the Iraq crisis resolving any time soon there are tell tale signs that the theatre action may shift to Iran. In the case of Iraq President George W.
 
Containing the curse of dowry and violence against women
Dowry and violence against women in the South Asian context originate from within specific societies because of peculiar social thinking, cultural patterns and traditional beliefs.
 

 
   
 
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