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Editorial
 
Editorial
Political parties thinking of reforms
Some interesting ideas being floated
In spite of the fact that there is no politics in the country today, the most talked about subject happens to be the issue of reforms of politics in Bangladesh, particularly of the political parties.
 
Editorial
Hamas and Fatah at war
Such a situation bodes ill for Palestine
At this point, the future of a state for Palestinians looks rather hazy. The reason for that is very much obvious. In the last few days, the internecine battles that Fatah and Hamas have waged against each other have proved conclusively that the struggle for power between the two dominant groups has now reached an explosive stage.

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By The Numbers
Man-induced disasters
ANM Nurul Haque
The landslides that occurred in Chittagong, causing the tragic death of at least 128 people, has once again sent a loud and clear message to the world that Bangladesh is not a country of chaos and corruption only, but also of man-induced disasters.
 
An emaciated Awami League
Shamsuddin Ahmed
Awami League (AL), once the most popular and the largest political party of this country in the sixties and the early seventies, is now virtually tottering under pressure of corruption and various anti-people activities of its leaders including Sheikh Hasina, the party chief.
 
The right to rule
Syed Maqsud Jamil
Every nation gets its deserved way of governance, either by choice or by being subjected to it. Bangladesh has settled for representational democracy as a sensible option after it had been traumatized by spasms of madness.
 

 
   
 
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