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Editorial
 
Editorial
Return of the convict
Let the legal process take its course
We are happy that one of the convicted killers in the Bangabandhu assassination case, who had been a fugitive so long, has been deported to Bangladesh.
 
Editorial
Reforming the police service
Proposals should be a matter of public discourse
The government plans to bring about some fundamental changes in the administrative and operational structure of the police force. This will be done through amending the Police Act of 1861.

Post Editorial
 
Ground Realities
Political reforms must go beyond party leaders
Syed Badrul Ahsan
There is a lot of talk about political reforms going around these days. The reasons are, of course, obvious. But what does come as a matter of surprise, surprise that tips over into a kind of consternation, is that the political parties only began speaking of changes in their structures and functions when the interim government threw the idea before the country.
 
As I See It
Master of the game?
Ikram Sehgal writes from Karachi
Thirty six years ago almost to the day a good friend, Capt (later Maj Gen) Amin Ahmad Chaudhry (of Bangladesh), told me about Telemachus, a Christian monk who jumped into the ring at the Roman Coliseum to separate two gladiators fighting to the death with swords.
 
Letter From Europe
The Spanish miracle
Chaklader Mahboob-ul Alam writes from Madrid
Spain has just celebrated with joy and pride the 30th anniversary of its first democratic elections after the end of the Franco regime. The Spaniards have every reason to be proud of this occasion.
 

 
   
 
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