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Sunday, June 23, 2002
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Sunday, June 23, 2002
National
Acting President Barrister Jamiruddin
Sircar took charge of the office at Bangabhaban on Saturday morning.
Tareq Rahman, son of Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and the late
President Ziaur Rahman has been inducted as Joint Secretary General-1 of
the BNP Central Committee.
Former President Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, who made an
unceremonious exit from Bangabhaban on Friday, has expressed shock at
the decision taken by the BNP Parliamentary Party asking him to resign.
Jatiya Party (Naziur) and Islami Oikya Jote, both the partners of the
BNP in the four-party alliance yesterday said they supported the line of
action taken by the BNP in dealing with President Prof. Badruddoza
Chowdhury.
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina said yesterday that the way the BNP
forced President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury to resign was unconstitutional
and was a naked instance of politicisation of the office of the
President.
Sheikh Hasina said she would raise the issues of this government's
misrule and repression in Parliament when they join the session on
Monday,
The High Court yesterday allowed two months’ time for submission of
reply to the show cause notice issued upon the former Prime Minister and
AL President Sheikh Hasina on charge of contempt of court.
Bangladesh as the leader of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) will
formally ask the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to open the labour
market for free movement of manpower between the developing and the
industrialised nations.
Monsoon rains have flooded northern Bangladesh, trapping tens of
thousands of people in their homes, drowning two children and damaging
crops, roads and bridges.
Main index at Dhaka Stock Exchange closed higher yesterday with gainers
outnumbering the losers. Trade Volume Weighted Index gained 0.04 points
or 0.004 per cent to close at 819.52 points from 819.48 points on
Thursday.
Another report adds: Price index at Chittagong Stock Exchange marked a
rise yesterday with the gainers outnumbering the losers. Trade Volume
Weighted index gained 0.06 points or 0.003 per cent to close at 1838.41
points from 1838.35 points on Thursday.
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Neighbour
A radical Hindu group demanded Saturday
the Indian government hand over land near a razed mosque to build a
controversial temple and issued a stern warning to the minority Muslim
community not to interfere.
Pakistani troops will "teach India a lesson" if it invades Kashmir,
President Pervez Musharraf said in a interview.
Pakistan’s former Secretary of Foreign Affairs Inamul Haq, yesterday took
oath of the office of State Minister at Aiwan-e-Sadr in a simple but
impressive ceremony. President General Pervez Musharraf administered the
oath of the office from him.
The SAARC Secretary General QAMA Rahim arrives in Dhaka today from
Kathmandu, the headquarters of the regional forum, on a four-day official
visit. This will be his first official visit since the Bangladeshi
diplomat assumed the office early this year.
Oman will recruit more Bangladeshi doctors, nurses and medical
technicians. A three-member delegation from the Health Ministry of Oman
expressed the interest when it called on State Minister for Expatriates
Welfare and Overseas Employment Major (Retd) M Kamrul Islam in the city
yesterday.
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International
The death toll from a powerful
earthquake which killed at least 500 people in northern Iran was set to
rise on Sunday as rescuers scoured the remains of mountain villages
reduced to rubble and dust.
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Sports
Last four times
champions Mohammedan Sporting Club finished their Green Delta Premier
Hockey League engagements on a happy note beating Usha Krira Chakra 5-3 in
the last match on Saturday at Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium. Mohammedans
were leading the first half 4-2.
The Olympic Day Run organised by Bangladesh Olympic Association will be
held today in the city. The run will start at 4.30 pm from Army Stadium,
Banani, and finish at Bangabandhu National Stadium.
Pakistan's players are cleared of any involvement in match-fixing during
the 1999 World Cup by a new report.
South Korea has won its way through to the semi-finals of soccer's World
Cup, beating Spain in dramatic fashion in a penalty shoot-out.
Substitute Ilhan Mansiz scored a golden goal four minutes into extra time
against Senegal to send Turkey into the World Cup semi-finals for the
first time.
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