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Editorial
 
Editorial
Textbook Board rewrites history of Bangladesh
Travesty of truth to end
The government decision to give Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman his rightful place in the nation's history has been duly reflected in the National Curriculum and Textbook Board's initiative to incorporate the necessary changes in the textbook.
 
Editorial
Depositors being questioned?
Excessive caution can be counterproductive
Finance Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam has hit the nail on the head. He drew the attention of the nationalised commercial banks (NCBs) to their clients being grilled about sources of money they came to deposit with them.

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Bottom Line
Growing US-India relationship
Harun ur Rashid
This week marks the second anniversary of the US-India summit, at which President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared "their resolve to transform the relationship between their countries and establish a global partnership."
 
Can Pakistan embrace moderation?
Praful Bidwai writes from New Delhi
After the violent events at Lal Masjid, Pakistan seems compelled to continue its self-avowed battle against jehadi extremism. If the London Sunday Times is right, al-Qaeda has opened a new front in Pakistan, and Ayman al-Zawahiri directed the Lal Masjid militants.
 
Sheikh Hasina's arrest
Rashid Suhrawardy
In January 1972 Bangladesh stood on the brink of a singular opportunity, rarely, if ever, offered to any nation. We had suffered a holocaust of unabated opprobrious cruelty and carnage at the hands of a vicious and contemptible Pakistan army during the previous nine months.
 

 
   
 
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