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A tale of three democracies in South Asia
Ahmadul Ameen
"Comparisons are odorous" -- Shakespeare.

During the current tumultuous and difficult phase of democratic evolution of the country, it is quite natural for the citizens to do some soul searching as to why democracy came to such a pass in the country. To compare is a universal human trait.

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The need for a national DNA database
Sharif Akhteruzzaman
Before the turn of this century, at a time when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish author, was spinning his detective stories of Sherlock Holmes, objective scientific evidence was routinely used to investigate crimes.
 

 
   
 
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