Volume 4 Number 251 Mon. February 09, 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 Point-Counterpoint   Remittances: A major thrust is feasible Bangladesh's export regime remains extremely narrowly-based.   Talking books Events, time and tradition If, as they say, great art imitates life or at least holds up a mirror to it to reflect the artists' particular vision of life, it follows then that, good fiction must also derive its qualities from the   Closeup Japan A holy fatwa and a recreation oasis for the Japanese in Iraq With Japanese troops already in Iraq, the authorities in Tokyo have now realised that the soldiers who have been sent to a hostile land would need few other things that would make their stay in that scary   Proper land use can improve housing industry situation Bangladesh is a very small country, but with a considerable population of 130 million. Total landmass amounts to 36 million acres of which farmlands acquire 20 million acres, water bodies 2.     Advertisement