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Editorial
 
Editorial
The inflationary challenge
Time to think of a containment strategy
Bangladesh Country Director of ADB Hua Du and World Bank Country Director Zhu Xian voiced their concern over increasing inflationary pressure being endured by the Bangladesh economy.
 
Editorial
Cyclone passes off
Timely evacuation helped reduce damage
Cyclone "Akash" crossed the coastal areas on Tuesday morning, leaving a trail of devastation, but the loss in terms of human lives, as reported so far, has not been high, thanks to a timely evacuation operation in the affected areas.

Post Editorial
 
Strategically Speaking
Better late than never
Brig Gen Shahedul Anam Khan ndc, psc (Retd)
One feels delighted to hear the words of wisdom from senior members of both the major political parties, on the need to reform both themselves and their respective parties, and to give politics in Bangladesh a new meaning, a new direction.
 
Plain Words
Wanted: An opposition party
MB Naqvi writes from Karachi
The country is chockfull of political parties. But there is no effective opposition party; most are safe, conservative ones whose economic and foreign policies were and are the same as the Musharraf regime's.
 
Correction
In Nuruddin Mahmud Kamal's "Chronicle" column of May 15, we inadvertently left out the word "not" from the following sentence: "Now, it is only natural that officials who enjoy many financial benefit/rewards
 

 
   
 
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