Vol. 5 Num 1139 Sun. August 12, 2007    
 
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Dealing with the deluge
Debapriya Bhattacharya, Mustafizur Rahman and Uttam Dev
The floods of 2007 have already seriously affected the country and the situation could get worse. As of August 7, 246 upazilas of 39 districts have been affected by the flood.
 
Open-pit Coal Mining
Can German experience benefit Bangladesh?
Md. Khalequzzaman
Recently, several national dailies (the Daily Star, Janakantha, and Naya Digonta) have published a series of articles on open-pit coal mining in Germany following a visit by their journalists to thatcountry.
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Awkward questions
Saifuddin Ahmed
Why do we need to raise gas prices when we are wasting gas by not metering? The energy advisor claims that the increase in fuel cost will not raise prices.
 
Clear the air
Kazi S.M. Khasrul Alam Quddusi
Shiekh Hasina and her party were in opposition and under suppression during the five years of BNP-Jamaat rule from 2001-2006, and in the subsequent period under Iajuddin Ahmed's pseudo-caretaker government,
 

 
   
 
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