The Daily Star: Internet Edition Sat. May 20, 2006

Vol. 5 Num 701

Sat. May 20, 2006


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The dilemma in price adjustment for petroleum products
Before the Kansat episode could be erased from the memory of our people, the issue of imminent price increase of petroleum products is sending chilly reverberations among the public at large.

Between The Lines
Lengthening caste shadow
I have tried my best to find out what made Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh issue a circular to the cabinet secretariat to provide reservation for the 'Other Backward Classes' (OBC) incentral

The economy and voting
A political party in a representative democracy competes in elections in order to win governmental power so that it can make public policies and take control of larger state machine.

Expatriate workers need greater attention
Bangladesh has become one of the major manpower exporting countries in recent years and the size of its people working abroad will be about 4.