| Vol 8 Issue 33 February 05-11 |
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| Forgetting history |
What is really happening in the country today is the unfolding of the unfinished historical baggage from Yemeni unification.
by RAZA NAEEM |
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| Top priority issues for the government |
The government is steadily fulfilling its commitments, one after the other, but is likely to meet with resistance when it comes to certain sticky issues...
by ANWAR PARVEZ HALIM |
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| Human Rights as a career |
Ms Abong from Kenya believes that promotion of human rights is not enough; protection of human rights is imperative
Dr. Uttam Kumar Das writes from Minneapolis, USA |
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| Being Remo |
For the Bonda tribals of Orissa, a constant struggle is on—with state and custom
by Debarshi Dasgupta |
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| Espionage tales |
This book is the first evidence of precisely what the Ring of Five betrayed to their Soviet contacts about the British intelligence set-up.
by A.G. NOORANI |
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| Veer |
Anil Sharma’s film reminds you of many others—Sholay, Lagaan, Dharam-Veer, Braveheart, Gladiator, Troy, Conan the Barbarian, to name a few. But...
by Namrata Joshi |
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| Bangla, Ekushey and what February means to us |
| It is February and the change in the nation's heartbeat in tangible. This is the month which commemorates our language movement, the month in which we pay homage to our martyrs who gave their lives for our beloved Bangla. This is the month of our Boi Mela. ... |
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| Power, present and future |
The government's predictions for zero-load shedding by March 2010 seem to have been wishful thinking and even with several projects in the pipeline, it will take at least another decade for this goal to materialise
by Badiul Alam |
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| Passing on the Buriganga buck |
Buriganga and rivers around the capital city are filled with filth and toxic waste, while the concerned authorities simply pass the buck from one to another
by SHAFIQ RAHMAN |
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AL's extended meeting:
Distance between govt and party |
The Prime Minister listened to the grievances of the party's grassroots leaders who lashed out at the ministers and MPs in frustration
A PROBE report |
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The Fifth Amendment case
Misty modifications |
The Fifth Amendment case is a mind-boggling exercise in legalities and politics
by Mizanur Rahman Khan |
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| Dinner at DITF 2010 |
| As the Trade Fair nears an end and the bustling business reaches a pitch, the entrepreneurs of the various pavilions have a mixed sense of relief and regret – relief that they will have.... |
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| Towards a Rajapakse future |
The president now has to set out ruling, and healing, a divided island. Will he?
by Tisaranee Gunasekara |
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| A Spy And His Soup |
A former RAW chief gets the rules bent to obtain diplomatic passports and immunity
by Saikat Datta |
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| Redefining Davos |
Cautious relief was marked in the World Economic Forum meet at Davos this year, with a sense of need to project future global challenges
by IKRAM SEHGAL |
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| Talks with the Taliban |
In the matter of reintegrating Taliban fighters into Afghan society, the question is no longer whether to talk or not. President Hamid Karzai has already invited the Taliban to a peace jirga and UN representatives reportedly met members of the Quetta shura in Dubai to discuss the possibility of direct talks.
by Huma Yusuf |
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