Continued BCL atrocities and indulgent incumbents
An unfortunate move
Concern about secondary education
Social networking sites: blessing or curse?
Hagel for the defence: Obama’s revenge?
Impeachment highlights key role of judiciary
Argo wins top awards at Golden Globe
Two-day children's fair ends in Barisal
Syria strike kills children amid push for war crimes probe
Afghans to decide on immunity for US troops: Karzai
Sonali board turns down BB order to settle disputed IBPs
BB may get power to fire state-owned bank MDs
BCB hell-bent on Pakistani players
Sakib says he too suffered in receiving BPL payment
Auto-rickshaw workers urged to stand united against repression
Sustainable dev plan stressed to ensure food security for haor people
High-income professionals under NBR watch
ACC finds 9 more banks involved
Commission on financial sectors soon
It’s injurious to humans: experts
Teachers continue rallying for MPO, job nationalisation
Scrap fuel price hike Left parties ask govt

Hagel for the defence: Obama’s revenge?

US president Barack Obama, right, stands with his nominee for defence secretary, former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel, left, during an event at the White House in Washington on January 7. — AFP photo

I FIND Chuck Hagel eminently likeable. I am not quite certain why. Perhaps it’s his war record. He was decorated for valour in the Vietnam War (which I detested). He was a mere sergeant. Since I was a mere corporal in our 1948 war, I find it elating to see... Full story

Impeachment highlights key role of judiciary

Sri Lanka’s impeached Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake steps out of her private home in Colombo on January 14, a day after President Mahinda Rajapaksa sacked her. Rajapaksa sacked the chief justice by ratifying a controversial parliamentary vote, defying international calls for restraint and plunging the country into a constitutional crisis. — AFP photo

The government’s decision to override decisions of the Supreme Court at its discretion will lead to the judiciary becoming another administrative department of the government to carry out its decisions rather than go by the intrinsic merits or... Full story

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