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Why must Khalishpur die?
Hameeda Hossain
Last week, I accompanied members of the "Jatiyo Tran Committee" (a voluntary group headed by Justice Gholam Rabbani, formed to provide assistance to distressed citizens) who had collected funds to help
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Sheikh Hasina's arrest and its aftermath
Shamsuddin Ahmed
Sheikh Hasina's arrest has sparked off a spate of comments, mainly accusing the government of being unnecessarily harsh on her, if the post-arrest news commentaries and the talk shows on TV are any guide,
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Are they being banished or embellished?
Kazi S.M. Khasrul Alam Quddusi
Although the government's activities are geared to executing the "minus two" formula, some of its tactics seem to be working, by default, in favour of the two ladies.
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Modern slavery
Zulfiquer Ahmed Amin
Slavery is as old as human civilisation. The world's great founding cultures, including those of Mesopotamia, China, Egypt and India accepted slavery as a fact of life.
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