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Editorial
Social safety net programme
The money is not going to all the deserving
If the social safety net programme (SSNP) is to cater to the mariginalised groups in the society of which there are more than a dozen in the list of the government, then many of the most deserving of the state support are not getting it.
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Editorial
Quality teaching at public universities
Proposed new rules merit consideration
Plans to put in place a uniform set of rules relating to recruitment and promotion procedures at public universities are surely welcome.
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Going Deeper
Is early election an absolute necessity?
Kazi Anwarul Masud
Given the penchant for democracy throughout the world regardless of the presence or absence of institutions essential for sustainable democracy, any discussion on non-representative government becomes instantly unpopular.
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By The Numbers
Retiring from politics
ANM Nurul Haque
It came to me as a big surprise when seasoned politician and chairman of a faction of Jatiya Party, Anwar Hossain Monju, announced his retirement from politics, as I had an idea that politicians in Bangladesh never retire.
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Between The Lines
Loyalty versus consensus
Kuldip Nayar writes from New Delhi
India's president is a ceremonial head under the constitution. Yet, the office has assumed so much importance over the years that no political party, particularly the ruling one, can afford to have an indifferent or, much less, hostile president.
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