Volume 5 Number 50 Thu. July 15, 2004       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Editorial   Editorial Anti-crime drive Regrettable signs of police excess THE ever deteriorating law and order certainly warrants an all-out drive against crime. So, the on-going operation by the joint forces in the city should be welcomed in general terms.   Editorial Combating Aids Much more needs to be done SPEAKING at the International Aids Conference in Bangkok, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the US to lead the fight against Aids, and suggested that it show the same commitment to combating Aidsas Post Editorial   Tear down this wall, Mr. Bush! Brig Gen ndc, Shahedul Anam khan psc (Retd) The International Court of Justice has spoken its mind on what has come to be ter-med as the "Apartheid Wall" by a majority of 14-1 verdict, the lone abstention being the member of the Court from theUnited   Matters around us Is the peace process in Sri Lanka suffering setbacks? Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury The peace process for a negotiated settlement of the long running civil war in the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka seems to have suffered setbacks in recent times.   Opinion Weaving others' fortune with the yarn of own life Md. Firoj Alam Garments is a highly labour intensive industry in Bangladesh. Presently there are as many as 2,900 export oriented garments factories where more than 1.     Advertisement