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Editorial
 
Editorial
Sheikh Hasina's arrest
A wrong and unacceptable decision
Politics enters a heightened state of tension and confrontation with the arrest of former prime minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina.
 
Editorial
Ghastly crime
Punish the acid thrower
If acid-throwing is a ghastly crime, and everyone will agree that it is, its enormity increases further when it is committed by a pir -- a spiritual leader. That is what happened in a village in Brahmanbaria.

Post Editorial
 
Sense & Insensibility
Clean candidates remain elusive
Shahnoor Wahid
With the roadmap given by the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday, the prospect of holding the next general election(s) looms large before the nation.
 
No Nonsense
Stagflation and monetary policy
Abdullah A. Dewan
The controversy surrounding Bangladesh Bank's (BB) recently announced contractionary monetary policy to hold down inflation and Centre for Policy Dialogue's (CPD) contention that the "menace" isn't demand-push has drawn me into the discourse.
 
Time for soul-searching
Praful Bidwai writes from New Delhi
The arrest of three Indians for attempted terrorist bombings in London and Glasgow is landmark. This is the first time any Indian Muslim has been involved in a jehadi attempt to commit terrorist violence abroad.
 

 
   
 
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