| Vol 9 Issue 11-12 September 03-16 |
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| Loneliness at the Top |
Facing the inevitable fate of impeachment, will President Pervez Musharraf step down? Or will he prove himself to be the born fighter, ready to fight against all odds?
by IKRAM SEHGAL |
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Phulbari Coal Project:
Ready and revving to go |
The coal at the Phulbari mine remains untapped. And the debate continues as to mine or not to mine; but given the energy crisis already upon us, can
we afford to dawdle?
A PROBE Report |
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| BIPs THUMBS DOWN ADI |
“Discretion is the better part of valour,” advised the great Bard to the world. And many kings and their kingdoms have fallen by not paying heed to that advice. Because only....
by K K Rai |
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| Regional Meeting of the Asia & Pacific LIFE Countries takes off |
“We cannot sustain either democracy or good governance without ensuring literacy for all,” observed Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Secretary, Ministry of Primary and ...
by Shaheen Ahmed |
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| What's up with the willow? |
While a huge budget has been allocated for cricket, the results are dismal. Will it be the same story of failure at tour of Australia by the Bangladesh boys?
by ZAHID RAHMAN |
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| Before Simba Became Just An Animatron |
On the trail of the Asiatic lion, from the shikar days, the first conservationists to present-day efforts
by Raghunandan Singh
THE LIONS OF INDIA
by Edited by Divyabhanusinh
Permanent Black |
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Two books on power politics, security launched
The publication ceremony of two books titled Power Politics in the Asia-Pacific: The Case of Chinese Modernization and Selected papers on Security and Leadership by Lt Gen Mohd Aminul Karim was held in the city recently. Speakers at the launching ceremony said the books will help adopt a proper foreign policy.
Both the books are well written and provide in-depth analysis of economics, politics, bureaucracy, politics and national security of the Asia-Pacific region and Bangladesh, they added.
Academic Press and Publishers Library (APPL) published the books. APPL, in association with Dhaka Language Club, organized the programme at Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) office in the city with APPL Chairman Dr. Mizanur Rahman Shelley in the chair.
Foreign Adviser Iftekher Ahmed Chowdhury unveiled the covers of the books.
Speaking as the chief guest, he said the books will contribute a lot to the formulation of a proper foreign policy. ''Critical issues like economics, future power, foreign policy and national security are wonderfully described in the books.'' he added.
Lt Gen (retired) Mahbubur Rahman, Author Lt Gen Aminul Karim, former state minister for foreign affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury, North South University Vice Chancellor Prof Hafiz GA Siddiqui, Political Councilor to the Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Wang, ex-foreign secretary Faruk Sobhan, Prof Razia S Ahmed of Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and APPL Managing Director Ms. Shahina Rahman attended the programme. |
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| Alternative to the Westphalian rashtra |
How can the discipline of international relations in Southasia be real when its premises are European?
by Navnita Chadha Behera |
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Freedom means
“without dependence” |
Sixty one years into freedom from British rule we are not only prisoner of the circumstances created by our leaders, because of their incapability, selfishness, greed and ...
by IKRAM SEHGAL |
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| The State As Strangler |
Laws to fight Maoist terror are increasingly being used against peaceful dissenters
by Saikat Datta |
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