The Daily Star: Internet Edition Tue. April 25, 2006

Volume 5 Number 678

Tue. April 25, 2006


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The administration's war against the media
No language is enough to condemn the police atrocities on the journalists during the Bangladesh-Australia test match at Chittagong stadium on April 16.

Sierra Leone's quest for justice
CHARLES Taylor, former dictator of Sierra Leone, was one of the most dangerous war criminals of the world, still at large, not so in hiding but living in a luxurious palace in Nigeria, till recently.

In solidarity with the democratic uprising in Nepal
THE compromise proposed by King Gyanendra of Nepal on Friday, April 21 evening, which envisages his continuance as a constitutional monarch, is a last-ditch attempt to perpetuate the old order.

From Kansat to the information society
HOW far is Kansat from the information society? Is it hundred miles, thousand miles, or a light year away? May be or not. In fact it is difficult to quantify the distance because it is qualitative.