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Wednesday, July 02, 2003
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Wednesday, July 02, 2003
National
Police and BDR men
seized 26,500 bullets and 48kg explosives in joint raids on four BNP
workers' houses in Kahalu upazila in Bogra yesterday. Earlier on Friday,
the biggest ever consignment of 62,100 bullets and 120kg explosives
was recovered from the same area.
In connection with the Bogra ammunition haul, the BDR yesterday arrested
two Indians and recovered two firearms and a wireless set from them at the
Satchhari Forest Range in Chunarughat upazila, Habiganj.
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday took a swipe at Prime
Minister Khaleda Zia and said she harbours criminals. "The prime minister
is trying to shift the blame for her misdeeds onto us (the opposition
lawmakers) and to misguide the nation," Hasina, also the Awami League
president, said in rebuttal to Khaleda's accusations against the
opposition. The prime minister at Monday's budget discussion in
parliament mounted a scathing attack on the AL and labelled it as 'al-Qaeda,
Taliban, terrorist and killer'.
Top police officials have interrogated some executives of private
satellite channels Channel-i and ATN Bangla in connection with the airing
of news on the sensational ammunition and explosives haul in Bogra.
Earlier on Sunday, Secretary General of Jamaat and Social Welfare
Minister Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Assistant Inspector General (AIG)
of Police Khandaker Golam Faruq filed two general diaries (GDs) with Ramna
and Tejgaon police stations against Channel-i and ATN.
The parliamentary stalemate due to the main opposition Awami League's (AL)
indefinite boycott of the House is unlikely to end soon with no sign of a
change in the AL stance. The AL stayed out of parliament on June 12 when
the national budget for the current fiscal was placed and also on June 30
when it was passed. Lawmakers of the party went to the House on nine
working days and staged six walkouts.
Unidentified assailants gunned down, Muktar Hossain (33), a ward level
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader and injured his mother and a
trader at Goalghat in Sutrapur yesterday.
The outgoing US Ambassador to Bangladesh Mary Ann Peters yesterday
categorically said her country "has no plan or desire to establish a
military base in Bangladesh".
At a luncheon meeting with the American Chamber of Commerce yesterday, US
Ambassador to Bangladesh Mary Ann Peters said Bangladesh must reach a
consensus on gas export and regional trade cooperation for its economic
wellbeing.
In a social call, Awami League Presidium Member SAMS Kibria Monday visited
Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH)
and wished his early recovery.
Health inspectors found 67 per cent of dairy and oil products adulterated
in a laboratory analysis on 137 samples at the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC).
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday penalised managing
directors of two publicly traded companies for defaulting in dividend
payment. Gachihata Aquaculture Farms Limited has been fined Tk 1.5 crore
while Raspit Data Management and Telecommunications Limited Tk 55 lakh for
failing to pay dividends to their shareholders on time. The weekly tea
sale yesterday witnessed a stronger demand following increased interest of
buyers from all sections of the market.
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Neighbour
About 10,000
private schools in Nepal have been closed down indefinitely in an attempt
to end a dispute by students. Student union leaders are demanding changes
in the way the private schools are funded and say education in government
schools should be free.
Separatist rebels from India's north eastern state of Assam have started
moving out of their bases in southern Bhutan after a deadline set by
Bhutanese Government expired on Monday.
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International
In a live TV
broadcast, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime
Minister Mahmoud Abbas addressed their peoples together for the first time
from Jerusalem on Tuesday, delivering a commitment to peace from the city
at the heart of the Middle East conflict.
Six US soldiers are injured in two attacks in Iraq, but President Bush
says American forces will not be pulling out. A group of visiting
senators said there could be more attacks on U.S. troops after a fatal
blast at a mosque fueled Muslim anger with the occupying forces.
Two months after President George W. Bush declared major combat over in
Iraq, the United States needs more troops on the ground and should accept
any foreign help it can get to crush resistance and start real
nation-building, military analysts said on Tuesday.
The United States Tuesday announced suspension of military aid to 35
countries, including Colombia and six nations seeking NATO membership,
because they back the International Criminal Court and have not exempted
Americans from possible prosecution. The international court was set up
last year to try war crimes and acts of genocide.
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Sports
The Bangladesh
Rifles maintained their supremacy winning the eighth Premier Division
Kabadi League beating Bangladesh Army in the final at the outer stadium
kabadi court yesterday.
Defending champion and top seed Serena Williams dropped her first set at
Wimbledon on Tuesday, but recovered to reach the women's singles
semifinals beating US eighth seed Jennifer Capriati 2-6, 6-2,6-3
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