Volume 4 Number 229 Thu. January 15, 2004       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Letters to Editor   Secularism in UK I have just returned from a short Christmas holiday in the UK and have to report that 'secularism' there has gone mad.   Awami League and Caretaker Government The Awami League claims to be the father of the caretaker government system in Bangladesh.   Half-hearted anti-smoking drive The official mass media blitz on smoking appears to be half-hearted.   Stop cribbing! I am a student and the question that agitates my mind is; are we ever going to be really educated under the present system? It seems that we care more for a degree and less for education.   "Book Fair" The 10th Dhaka book Fair-2004 is being held at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre premises. Prime Minister Khaleda Zia proclaimed 2004 as the year of juvenile literature in the inaugural ceremony.     Advertisement