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...Bangladesh's interim leaders are serious about cleaning up government before holding new elections, voters may be in for a long wait: the country is consistently ranked one of the most corrupt in the world by Berlin-based NGO Transparency International, and Bangladeshis have long complained that many public officials are on the take. So, the arrests of at least 20 senior politicians in recent days were greeted with a good deal of glee; one government adviser hailed the move as "jihad against crime and corruption...
...Since taking power in mid-January amid allegations of electoral fraud in the run-up to Jan. 22's now-postponed elections, the interim government has rounded up thousands of lower level officials. But as government communications adviser Major General M.A. Matin told reporters, "Our business at the moment is netting big fish." Among them: senior politicians and former ministers from both the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its archrival, the Awami League (AL). The detainees, who maintain their innocence, have been imprisoned for 30 days without bail on suspicion of "antistate activities, sabotage and corruption." They have...
Faust is set to succeed Lawrence H. Summers, who stepped down one year ago amid tensions with faculty. Derek C. Bok has served as Harvard’s interim president since last summer...
...designer Tara Subkoff. So would she be down to get with Harvard’s most infamous sex blogger (who is also an FM editor)? Probably not, but it’d make for a good blog post. ScarJo Hook-Up odds: 20:1 Derek C. Bok: The outgoing interim president should make the most of his closing weeks here and perform his own rendition of a Lost In Translation-style romance. Scarlett has had close ties to co-stars Bill Murray and Woody Allen, so you know she likes older men. ScarJo Hook-Up odds: 25:1 (Just slightly...
...individuals who have spoken with committee members. But many top Harvard administrators, including deans and Mass. Hall officials, have urged the panel to finish the search soon to allow for new leadership appointments within the University and to provide ample time for the transition, the two sources said. Interim Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R. Knowles and Medical School Dean Joseph B. Martin are only expected to serve through the end of the current academic year, which ends June 30, and the dean of the Graduate School of Design, Alan A. Altshuler, has also announced plans...