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Local News
Thursday, June 27th,
2002
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News Brief, Summary of
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Thursday, June 27, 2002
National
"Drug abuse and its illicit trafficking
is a sort of guerrilla war, a secret chemical war against us. We will do
whatever necessary for saving the younger generation from ruination,"
Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia said emphatically while speaking at a
function organised on the occasion of the International Day against Drug
Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
The Awami League (AL) again walked out of the House yesterday over what
appeared to be a misunderstanding of the time allocated to one of its
lawmaker by the Chair. This is the second time the main opposition party
staged a walkout since joining the House Monday.
Adamjee Jute Mills will be closed down Sunday (June 30) and payoff for the
employees under a 'golden handshake' start immediately, said a government
announcement Wednesday.
Speakers at a seminar yesterday urged the government to stick to
restrictions on import of old and reconditioned vehicles and also take
other measures to check air pollution in Dhaka.
At least 20 people were injured and 50 dwelling houses damaged as tornado
lashed Narayanganj town yesterday morning. According to local people, the
tornado hit Talla, Khanpur and Kutubpur areas of the town at about 5.25 am
and lasted only two minutes.
The World Bank (WB) has announced the approval of a credit of US$ 191
million from International Development Association (IDA) for Rural
Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Project in Bangladesh.
In a ceremony at the Liberation War Museum on June 26, Ambassador Mary Ann
Peters presented a check amounting to Taka 496,000 ($8500) to Mr. Akku
Chowdhury, the Museum Director.
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Neighbour
The treaty on SAFTA, likely to be
finalised by December this year, is due to be submitted to next SAARC
summit for endorsement, SAARC Secretary General QAMA Rahim said in Dhaka
yesterday
Pakistan's military ruler unveils plans to change the constitution,
weakening the office of prime minister and increasing his own power.
An Indian Air Force fighter jet has crashed in the northern Indian state
of Punjab Wednesday but the pilot has escaped unhurt.
The authorities in the north-east Indian state of Assam say separatist
rebels have killed two civilians in a grenade attack on a police patrol.
Flash floods in the Indian state of West Bengal have killed at least four
people and left at least 10,000 others homeless.
Burmese and Thai officials set light to millions of dollars-worth of
illegal drugs as the region overtakes Afghanistan for opium production.
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International
Warplanes from a US-British coalition
attacked Iraqi air defense sites in northern Iraq Wednesday after
coalition aircraft came under anti-aircraft artillery fire, the US
military said
The world's most powerful leaders, meeting behind well-guarded gates at a
Canadian mountain resort, named Russia a full member of their exclusive
club on Wednesday and promised $20 billion to help stop terror groups
getting their hands on nuclear bombs.
Stunning politicians on both the left and right, a US federal appeals
court declared for the first time Wednesday that reciting the Pledge of
Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional because of the words
"under God" inserted by Congress in 1954.
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Sports
Star-studded Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira
Chakra will take on Chittagong Mohammedan in the opening match of the
Shaheed Ziaur Rahman International Football Tournament that begins at the
MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong from July 1 under the auspices of Chattagram
Zela Krira Sangstha.
Ronaldo's sixth goal of the World Cup earned four-time champion Brazil
a tense 1-0 win over outsider Turkey in their semifinal on Wednesday.
Sunday's final against Germany promises to be an epic match between the
two most successful nations in soccer history,
First Pete Sampras, then Andre Agassi. The two biggest American names in
men's tennis lost in the second round at Wimbledon in stunning upsets
Wednesday.
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