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Editorial
 
Editorial
Role of the intelligence agencies
Need for reform to address contemporary challenges
Sheikh Hasina's critique on the role of intelligence agencies notwithstanding, we would like to take an overview of the tasks such agencies ought to be performing given their legal duties and responsibilities.
 
Editorial
Rescue of Danida official
BDR men are deserving of praise
The rescue of kidnapped Danida official Shahid Sumon by the Bangladesh Rifles from a remote location in Thanchi upazila on Sunday causes a sense of relief everywhere, especially within his family.

Post Editorial
 
Sense & Insensibility
The vortex of lies and denial
Shahnoor Wahid
Lying is a magnificent art only when one can get away by saying one. But most of us are not deft liars. For example, we try to smuggle out a bottle of whiskey from a friend's house and then get caught by the police on the road.
 
Byline
Gordon's knot
M. J. Akbar
On the evening of July 5, with the unerring instinct of an ass, I missed a great opportunity to become a sycophant of the new British prime minister Gordon Brown.
 
Bottom Line
Reform: The undiscovered country
Harun ur Rashid
It appears that our top political leaders have entered an unknown and uncharted phase of their careers in undertaking reform of their political parties. That is why, it seems, each one has reacted differently.
 

 
   
 
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