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Local News
Monday, June 17, 2002
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News Brief, Summary of
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Monday, June 17, 2002
National
Amid poor response from the people
and marked by rains, the Awami League observed a day-long hartal on
Sunday as a part of its protest against the proposed national budget for
2002-2003 fiscal year.
Justice Mainur Reza Chowdhury would be sworn-in as Chief Justice
tomorrow. President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury would administer the oath.
Incumbent Chief Justice Mahmudul Amin Choudhury will retire on the same
day. He assumed office on March 1, 2001.
Lieutenant-General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, AWC, PSC, on Sunday took
over as Chief of Army Staff ceremonially. He replaced Lt General
Harun-Ar-Rashid, Bir Protik, who has been sent into early retirement.
Journalists across the country observed Sunday the Black Day for
newspapers marking the closure of all dailies excepting four on this day
in 1975, reports BSS.
Awami League candidate Nurul Absar was elected chairman of Cox's Bazar
municipality today, according to unofficial results
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Barrister Maudud
Ahmed Sunday called upon the main opposition to shun the politics of
hartal, join Parliament and play their due role as elected
representatives of the people.
Former home minister Mohammad Nasim and 20 others were chargesheeted
yesterday in a graft case. The investigating officer (IO) of the case
submitted the chargesheet against the accused to the Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate's Court, Dhaka.
The Bangladesh Bank will step up security in its three buildings in the
Motijheel Commercial Area from June 22. The central bank will introduce
a new system restricting entry to the buildings without any purpose of
transactions with the bank.
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and the International Labour
Organisation (ILO) will jointly conduct a survey on child labour in
Bangladesh.
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Neighbour
The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Friday
arrested 24 Indian nationals for illegally entering Bangladesh through
Dhamoirhat border of Joypurhat district, the BDR sources said. The
arrested included three women and five children
Two Bangladeshi nationals were shot dead Sunday by Indian border guards
when they tried to cross over into the eastern state of West Bengal.
India has proposed a new round of trade talks with Bangladesh in the
backdrop of the inconclusive discussions between the commerce secretaries
of the two countries held in Dhaka in April this year.
Bangladesh has decided to review the Ganges Water Sharing Agreement signed
with India and necessary preparatory work is now underway to that end.
Indian Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani said on Sunday that there was no
point in talks with Pakistan until Islamabad closed down training camps
for Kashmiri militants in its territory.
The deadly car bomb attack on the US Consulate in Karachi was a clear
warning to the United States and Pakistan to abandon its war against
terrorism, Pakistani authorities said.
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Neighbour
The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Friday
arrested 24 Indian nationals for illegally entering Bangladesh through
Dhamoirhat border of Joypurhat district, the BDR sources said. The
arrested included three women and five children
Two Bangladeshi nationals were shot dead Sunday by Indian border guards
when they tried to cross over into the eastern state of West Bengal.
India has proposed a new round of trade talks with Bangladesh in the
backdrop of the inconclusive discussions between the commerce secretaries
of the two countries held in Dhaka in April this year.
Bangladesh has decided to review the Ganges Water Sharing Agreement signed
with India and necessary preparatory work is now underway to that end.
Indian Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani said on Sunday that there was no
point in talks with Pakistan until Islamabad closed down training camps
for Kashmiri militants in its territory.
The deadly car bomb attack on the US Consulate in Karachi was a clear
warning to the United States and Pakistan to abandon its war against
terrorism, Pakistani authorities said.
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International
Israeli Defence Minister Binyamin Ben
Eliezer on Sunday officially kicked off work on a controversial security
fence along the West Bank aimed at containing would-be suicide bombers.
A fire in a cyber cafe in Beijing’s university district on Sunday killed
24 mostly teenaged students, triggering an immediate ban on the city’s
2,400 Internet bars.
US congressional leaders voiced support on Sunday for plans to topple
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein through covert actions, but were skeptical
such measures would be enough to bring down the Iraqi regime.
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Sports
Dhaka University emerged unbeaten
champions in the Inter-University Football Competition beating Chittagong
University by 3-1 goals in the final at the Dhaka University central
playground Sunday,
The long-running battle for footballing supremacy between neighbours
Mexico and the United States is thrust under the global spotlight Monday
when they meet for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals.
Senegal became the first African side to reach the World Cup
quarter-finals for 12 years in Japan Sunday when a golden goal strike
from Henri Camara saw the minnows snatch a 2-1 win over Sweden.
Spain defeated gutsy Ireland in the first penalty shoot-out of the 2002
World Cup Sunday after the second round game had ended 1-1 after extra
time.
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