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Tuesday, June 25, 2002
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Tuesday, June 25, 2002
National
Amid cheers from the
lawmakers of the ruling BNP and its allies, Leader of the
Opposition in the parliament Sheikh Hasina yesterday trooped 57
of her 58 MPs into the House ending eight months of boycott at
7:34pm only to walk out at 9:30pm in a turbulent sitting.
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan left Dhaka yesterday for
Khartoum to attend a three-day OIC Foreign Ministers’s
conference beginning today. After attending the of Islamic
Conference of Foreign Ministers, he will leave the Sudanese
capital for Sierra Leone to see the Bangladesh troops on
peacekeeping duty in UN blue helmets.
The President has appointed Professor Anwarullah Chowdhury as
Vice Chancellor of the Dhaka University for a term of four
years. Prof Chowdhury already Vice Chancellor since November
last year was on the top of a panel selected by the senate of
the university.
Chairman of Jamuna Group Nurul Islam Babul was yesterday
interrogated by three different intelligence agencies following
his alleged threat on the life of State Minister for Home
Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar.
The government on Monday decided to close down Adamjee Jute
Mills, the largest loss-incurring SOE, to convert it to
alternative hi-tech industries for relieving other state-owned
jute mills now feeding the white elephant.
With the remittance sharply increasing by around 35 per cent
during July-May period of the current financial year, the
country's foreign exchange reserves rose to US$ 1506.95 million
yesterday..
Computer imports into Bangladesh used to be exempt from tax to
encourage growth, but now the government is proposing a 7.5%
duty.
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Neighbour
Nepal's King Gyanendra Monday started a
round of talks with Indian leaders on the first day of his state visit,
with a violent Maoist rebellion in his country expected to top the agenda.
Pakistan on Monday issued an "urgent" call for India to pull back troops
from their common border, saying tensions remained high between the
nuclear-armed rivals despite the fall in militant incursions into
Indian-held Kashmir and concessionary moves by New Delhi.
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International
Israel has begun afresh an anti-terrorist offensives in the West Bank and
Gaza, including a "massive operation" against Hamas, Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday. Israeli forces backed by dozens of
tanks took over Ramallah early Monday, sealing off Yasser Arafat's
compound as they pressed their crackdown on Palestinian militants,
President Bush urged the Palestinians Monday to replace Yasser Arafat with
leaders "not compromised by terror" and adopt democratic reforms that
could produce an independent state within three years.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Israel on Monday that "ousting
Arafat would be dangerous and a mistake" and "would only radicalize the
Palestinian movement.".
At least 200 people were killed and many injured today when a passenger
train derailed in central Tanzania.
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Sports
At any other time in the World Cup's
72-year history, Germany would have considered a semi-final against South
Korea as a free pass to the final -- not now. In the wake of the co-hosts'
extraordinary achievements in the last three weeks, Tuesday's clash in the
Korean capital has become anyone's game.
FIFA has admitted its referees have made "major mistakes" during the World
Cup -- but world football's governing body has dismissed out of hand any
conspiracy theories.
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