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Editorial
 
Editorial
27th BCS viva voce cancellation
An unavoidable step, but now reform of the PSC must follow
By deciding to cancel the results of the viva voce of the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service examinations, the caretaker government has certainly acknowledged public sensitivities on the issue.
 
Editorial
Tale of endless greed
Still scratching the surface
The arrest of the chief conservator of forests Osman Gani and unearthing of crores of ill-gotten money and loads of jewellery from his residence have brought the issue of blatant corruption among a segment of government officials to the fore. The sordid tale of the man's greed has generated a feeling of disdain amongst the common citizens.

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Cross Talk
Measure of man
Mohammad Badrul Ahsan
Emperor Elagabalus once asked his guards to bring him 1000 pounds of cobwebs and when they returned he boasted that it showed how big was Rome.
 
Straight Line
Punishing the profligates is priority
Muhammad Nurul Huda
In describing the political scene of Bangladesh if one were to comment that while the conscientious folks were engaged in introspection, the burly sinners ran the world one would not be far from the reality.
 
As I See It
100 years -- Cuba to Iraq
Ikram Sehgal writes from Karachi
The Spanish American War of 1898 represented the very first time that the US intervened outside the North American continent.
 

 
   
 
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