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Editorial
 
Editorial
Voter list and ID cards
Acclimatise people to idea of registering with EC
It is encouraging to see some headway being made in the matter of the general elections. The move by the Election Commission to begin the process, even if partially, of preparing a voter list with photographs together with national identity cards in August this year surely answers a question that has lately been raised.
 
Editorial
Outrageous behaviour
Perpetrators must be brought to book
The other day two senior reporters, Siddiqur Rahman of the New Age and Musharraf Hossain of Janakantha were beaten up at the office of the Chairman of the Technical Education Board.

Post Editorial
 
Ground Realities
Of courage arising in twilight moments
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Demonstrations of courage that come after the moment for boldness has passed are quite pointless. Back in the days when the Bangladesh Nationalist Party wielded unbridled political authority, the whispers of public discontent about its misrule soon morphed into loud protests without anyone in the corridors of power paying heed to such sentiments.
 
Bottom Line
Why is the US pressing for early election?
Harun ur Rashid
In recent weeks, the Bush administration has been pressing the caretaker government (CTG) for holding an early election in Bangladesh.
 
No Nonsense
Follies old and new
Dr. Abdullah A. Dewan
After the emergence of the 1/11 army backed civilian government Bangladesh is being tracked on the radar screen of the global media.
 

 
   
 
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