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Saturday, June 08, 2002
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News Brief, Summary of
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Saturday, June 08, 2002
National
A training aircraft of Air Parabat, a
private flying academy, crashed on a play ground at Uttara Model Town in
the city yesterday noon killing the trainee pilot, M Mokhlesur Rahman
Sakib (32).
Finance and Planning Minister Saifur Rahman addressing the post-budget
press conference yesterday defended his approach of expanding the tax net
saying it was a belt-tightening measure aimed at mobilising domestic
resources in a recession-hit world economy where the scope of getting
foreign aid is bleak.
Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina yesterday came down heavily on the
government for producing a tax-laden budget that she apprehends would
cripple the poor, and low and middle-income groups while make the rich
richer.
Left leaning 11-party on Friday said the proposed budget for 2002-2003
fiscal placed in the parliament on Thursday would fail to play any
effective role in overall human resources development, decrease of
unemployment, removal of disparity and elimination of poverty.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan left Dhaka last evening for
Islamabad to hold dialogue with Pakistani leaders in an effort to defuse
tension between India and Pakistan.
Workers in the river transport sector went on an indefinite strike from
midnight yesterday.
Workers and employees of oil and gas sector will observe 24-hour strike
across the country from this morning demanding cancellation of the
government decision to privatise six profitable ventures of the petroleum
sector.
Car traders decided to stop the selling of motorcars, protesting the
finance minister's budget proposal for a ban on the import of old
reconditioned cars.
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Neighbour
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Pakistani military jet late Friday gunned down an unmanned Indian spy
plane over Pakistani airspace, at a place about 25 miles south of
Lahore.
India has ruled out patrolling by a US-UK monitoring force along the Line
of Control, saying it was not practical. A bilateral mechanism was the
only way to a solution, the ministry of external affairs said on Friday.
Presidential elections. in India will be held on July 15 as the 5-year
tenure of President K R Narayanan expires on the midnight July 24.
Sri Lanka's government said Friday it had begun legal moves to lift a ban
on the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ahead of crucial
peace talks in Thailand.
Maldives Health Minister Ahmed Abdullah arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a
three-day visit. Abdullah, who is the president of health ministers' forum
in South East Asia region of the World Health Organisation (WHO), will
hold talks with Health and Family Welfare Minister Khandaker Mosharraf
Hossain Saturday.
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International
The leaders of
Russia, China and four Central Asian countries met in Saint Petersburg
Friday to discuss regional security, with their minds focused on the
Kashmir feud between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan.
Palestinian gunmen infiltrated a Jewish settlement in the West Bank and
killed three Israelis early Saturday, officials said, hours after armored
units moved into Jenin, enforcing a curfew on the 30,000 residents of the
Palestinian town.
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Sports
China, disappointed after losing their
debut game in the finals 2-0 to Costa Rica, are likely to face the four
times champions Brazil Saturday without two of their top players, Fan
Zhiyi and Sun Jihai.
Serena Williams wants to win her second Grand Slam title and not even love
for her older sister Venus will stand in her way on the Philippe Chatrier
Centre Court on Saturday. The Americans are set for the first all-sister
clash in Roland Garros history following their fight for the US Open title
last year.
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