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Sunday, July
13, 2003
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Brief, Summary of more than 20 leading Bangla & English Dailies, Source : News Garden
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Sunday, July
13, 2003
National
Prime
Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday said quality and competitive prices will
determine the entry of Bangladeshi products into the international market.
The International Monetary Fund on Friday praised Bangladesh's prudence on
managing the recovery of its economy but said challenges lay ahead to
further boost growth and reduce poverty.
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina has said under pressure from
donors, the government is going to form a 'subservient' anti-corruption
commission to protect the 'corrupt' ruling coalition men.
Local unit of Awami League has called for half-day hartal in the western
bordering town of Chapainawabganj on July 20 to protest arrest and case
filed against the party workers.
The government yesterday decided to act tough against the officials and
employees responsible for allowing passenger launches with faulty designs
to operate and failing to maintain discipline at Sadarghat river terminal.
Twenty-five bodies of the victims of Tuesday's Chandpur launch disaster
were recovered from the downstream of the river Meghna Saturday, raising
the total recovery to 118. The 24 bodies were found in the rivers of
Meghna, Tentulia,Maskata,AndarManikand Ilisha in Barisal.
Flood situation in 10 districts further deteriorated yesterday with the
onrush of waters in the country's major rivers, particularly in the Ganges
and the Brahmaputra. The raging Sitalakhya river threatened to submerge
houses of about one million people when it overflowed the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra
(DND) Dam yesterday.
Renowned lawyer and two-time adviser of the caretaker government Barrister
Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed died of old-age complications at BIRDEM Hospital in
Dhaka yesterday. He was 72.
The trouble-ridden Shahbazpur gas field development project yesterday got
over yet another fright when operators finally managed to free its
stuck-up drilling string after over 45 days.
The government yesterday appointed Justice MM Ruhul Amin to the Appellate
Division of the Supreme Court by superseding a senior judge of the High
Court Division.
In the biggest ever haul of mobile cellular telephone sets, the Customs
officials at ZiaInternational Airport (ZIA)yesterday seized 1,481 pieces
of sets of different brands worth about Tk1.25 crore from four homebound
passengers of a Gulf Airways flight from Abu Dhabi.
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Neighbour
In a press meet
Friday, Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Hussain Khokhar said in Kathmandu
that Pakistan supports China's inclusion in SAARC as it would obviously
benefit South Asia. Meanwhile, Nepal's Foreign Ministry, in a press
statement Friday, said, Nepal and Pakistan held talks and discussed
bilateral cooperation, regional and international issues.
Some 200 fuming students Friday set ablaze the Central Department of
Education, Kirtipur under the Tribhuvan University, for "utter negligence
in copy checking and providing poor marks".
Five opposition parties in Nepal yesterday announced the sixth phase of
their weekly protest against the King for perceived 'regressive actions'
Saturday, opposition parties said. A movement committee finalized the
protest Friday. The parties decided to stage sit-ins in front of
government offices and obstruct tax payments. For the first time, the
opposition will launch a signature campaign demanding the convening a
session of the dissolved parliament and a meeting of the district
assemblies
China has launched what is believed to be the first website aimed at
giving young Chinese people advice on sexual health. Leading experts on
infectious diseases say China and India - the world's two most populous
countries - are facing a potential Aids disaster.
Under the combined pressure of the VHP and the RSS, the Indian ruling
party BJP agreed late on Saturday to consider the possibility of enacting
a law for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.
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International
The first
post-Saddam Hussein governing body of Iraqis will hold its inaugural
meeting today, a watershed event on the nation's path to democracy, said
the top U.S. administrator, promising the council will have "real
political power."
US President George W. Bush ended a five-nation tour of Africa in the
continent's oil giant Nigeria, pledging support for peace-making efforts
and the war on HIV/AIDS.
The second African Union (AU) summit in Maputo was drawing to a close
after two days of deliberation where heads of state elected new leaders
responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation. Former Malian
president Alpha Oumar Konare will head the commission and Patrick
Mazimhaka, Rwanda's minister for the Great Lakes region, is his deputy. He
will step down from his ministerial post.
In the South Pacific nation of Solomon Islands, about 200 rebels
surrounded the prime minister's office on Friday, demanding money so they
could return to their home island. They were dispersed by armed police
officers.
Australian pop singer and actress Delta Goodrem is suffering from cancer.
Goodrem, 18, was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, a treatable form of
lymphatic cancer.
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Sports
Bangladesh
clinched third spot in the qualifying round of the Asian Men's Basketball
Championship beating Sri Lanka 70-61 on Saturday at the Talkotra Indoor
Stadium in New Delhi. It was Bangladesh's first ever win against Sri Lanka
in international basketball.
Argentine fifth seed Mariano Zabaleta reached the Swedish Open final with
a surprise 2-6 6-3 6-4 win over Spanish top seed and defending champion
Carlos Moya on Saturday.
A tremendous effort in the field and a solid batting start marred only by
two late dismissals positioned Bangladesh for a real chance to win their
four-day match against the Chief Minister's XI in Darwin.
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