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Dhaka-Yangon road link
A step towards greater connectivity
A road connection between Bangladesh and its only other neighbour, Myanmar, has been long overdue. We welcome the signing of the MOU that proposes to build a 25-mile stretch of road, 23 miles of which will be inside Myanmar, with the eventual plan of linking China through Kunming, and other Southeast Asian countries.
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Increases in police pay and rations
Good move that must lead to better performance
Increases in pay and rations for the police force are currently being envisaged. It is our opinion that the move has long been overdue and could have been taken earlier.
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Going Deeper
Between a rock and a hard place
Kazi Anwarul Masud
Bangladesh is now between a rock and a hard place. There is expectation among a considerable number of people that with the holding of an election, despite our history of kleptocratic and dynastic politics, all will be well.
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By The Numbers
Aid addiction
A.N.M. Nurul Haque
Since independence until June 30, 2006, Bangladesh received a total amount of nearly $44.83 billion of foreign aid, of which 44.7 percent was grants and 55.3 percent was loan.
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The new formulae of Bangladesh politics
Habibul Haque Khondker
Writing in the Daily Times of Pakistan, Ambassador William Millam who served as US ambassador to both Pakistan and Bangladesh and now at Woodrow Wilson Center inWashington, DC, commented: "[T]he news from Bangladesh is more worrisome than the news from Pakistan.
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