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The book with no end: A tribute to Dr AR Mallick
Aziz Mallick writes from London
It was nearly ten years since I re-lived the stories. I was flipping through my grandfather's memoirs on the flight back to London, and dramatic events that had shaped our country over a period of fifty years flashed before my eyes.
 
Culture of corruption: How to break it?
Habibul Haque Khondker
Several years ago upon reading my paper titled "How to Think About Corruption in Bangladesh?" for Bengal Studies Conference, Professor Syed Hussein Alatas, a leading sociologist in corruption studies told me to look more into the empirical issues of corruption in Bangladesh.
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Gates is different
Imran Khalid
It certainly takes more than personal conviction for any 63-year-old to say yes to a job which inherits two thorny, protracted, military campaigns that have already engulfed his predecessor and, apparently, have no practicable solution in sight, at least for the time he is supposed to remain in control of the affairs.
 
Elections: Better late than quick and dirty
Matiur Rahman
Many among the media and our intelligentsia have started to say quite assertively that our postponed elections be held sooner than later.
 

 
   
 
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