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Editorial
No to Army in politics
We welcome Gen Moeen's categorical assertion
We congratulate Army Chief Gen Moeen on becoming a 4-star general, and commend him for his unambiguous statement to editors of newspapers ruling out takeover of power by the military or their involvement in politics. He reasserted, as we expected, that army was subservient to civil authority and has only come forward in aid of it.
 
Editorial
Law Adviser's unfortunate comments
Indoor politics should be allowed without ado
Law Adviser Mainul Hosein has expressed reservations about an early withdrawal of the ban on indoor politics. He has in so many words wondered about the law and order situation should the ban on indoor politics be lifted anytime soon.

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Straight Line
Acclimatizing to democracy deficits
Muhammad Nurul Huda
The cynics say that democracy never had a fair chance to grow and flower in Bangladesh. According to them, the first big shock was experienced in early 1975, when politicians whose lifelong struggle was directed towards upholding individual freedom and liberty clamped one-party rule on a democratic polity.
 
Letter From Europe
An alternative perspective on Jamestown
Chaklader Mahboob-ul Alam writes from Madrid
Queen Elizabeth II has just come back to England from the United States after attending the commemoration ceremonies of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement on American soil.
 

 
   
 
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