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Editorial
 
Editorial
More authority for ACC
There must be guarantee against arbitrary action
The clear public sentiment is that the Anti-Corruption Commission ought to be doing its job, and doing it well. That it has so far failed to do that is not only depressing but also deeply disconcerting.
 
Editorial
Massive seizure of spurious products
Punish the guilty but reassure good traders
Over the past few days the combined forces of the army, RAB and police have been carrying out raids against spurious fertiliser and cement including such items as foodgrains and pulses and seized huge quantities from bulk store houses and fake factories.

Post Editorial
 
No Nonsense
Roadmap to good governance
Dr Abdullah A Dewan
After the concomitant emergence of the Fakhruddin Ahmed-led caretaker government and the state of emergency, the unemployment rate among politicians, much to the benefit of the country, reached the desired rate of 100%. Meanwhile, all business activities have been rejuvenated as evidenced by the exuberant performance of the stock market.
 
Going Deeper
Unbridgeable gap?
Kazi Anwarul Masud
The Western judicial system has devastatingly missed the "Grotian Moment" that could have been achieved by a fairer and internationally acceptable trial of Saddam Hussein and his cohorts and has touched the parameters of the "Paradox of Inversion" by staging the prosecution in Shia dominated Iraqi court and later through sanctifying the trial and execution that followed.
 
By The Numbers
Quagmire of higher education
Anm Nurul Haque
The conscious citizens of the country must have noted, of course with deep frustration, some contents of the annual report of the University Grants Commission (UGC), as reported by the press.
 

 
   
 
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