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Local News
Tuesday, October 01,
2002
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News Brief, Summary of
more than 20 leading Bangla & English Dailies, Source : News Garden |
Tuesday,
October 01, 2002
National
The ruling four-party alliance and
the major opposition Awami League will observe October 1 today from
different perspectives to mark the first anniversary of the
parliamentary election that brought the alliance to power with a
two-thirds majority.
Grassroots level Awami League leaders of the four districts of Sylhet
division yesterday blamed intra-party feuds as the major reason behind
the party's poor performance in last year's national polls. The
observation came at the evening session of the workers conference of
Sylhet Division of the party with party chief Sheikh Hasina attending as
chief guest.
Acting in record time, a Bangladesh court sentences three men to death
for chasing a school girl into a pond where she drowned. District and
sessions judge of Gaibandha on Monday awarded capital punishment
ordering them to be hanged till death for killing of Sadia Sultana
Trisha, 10, a class four student of Madhyapara Free Primary School.
Security in the entire southwestern region of the country has been
stepped up with bomb scare gripping people in the wake of Saturday's
explosions at Satkhira wounding about 125 people.
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked her party men to
prepare the list of "terrorists and persecutors" torturing the
opposition workers.
A BCL leader of Chittagong University was beaten up by Shibir activists
on the campus yesterday. Islami Chhatra Shibir activists picked up BCL
Joint General Secretary Saifuddin Mahmud Sohag from Katapahar area at
about
1pm.They took him to a nearby jungle and beat him mercilessly.
Two black bears killed a zookeeper of the National Zoo at Mirpur in the
city yesterday. The bears attacked Ismail Hossain Howladar, when the
45-year old went inside the cage to give them food. He was dragged to
the water tank and mauled to death.
Japan will hold a 45-day programme beginning tomorrow to commemorate the
30th anniversary of the establishment of its diplomatic relations with
Bangladesh. Many colourful events will mark the programme titled, "Japan
Month".
The government is spending about Taka 12.5 thousand crore in the current
fiscal to reduce poverty through implementing various poverty reduction
programmes, reports news agency BSS.
Turkey yesterday offered his country's help to Bangladesh in getting
access of its goods to the European market.
New varieties of tea is likely to hit the local markets soon as 20
enterprises were engaged in creating gardens in Panchagarh district with
a hope of producing new flavoured brands.
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Neighbours
The third phase of Kashmir's
elections begins today amid fears of increased violence as the polling
booths open in the militant heartland of the troubled region.
A high-powered committee set up to review the functioning of Muslim
religious schools called madrassas in the Indian state of West Bengal
has recommended several steps to improve their curriculum.
President Musharraf said on a visit to Azad Kashmir Monday that his
government would respond to Indian aggression with its own. He was
reacting to comments by Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who
said earlier that Pakistan should be held accountable "for its continued
sponsorship of terrorism in India.
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International
Around 100 Indonesian soldiers
attacked a police post on Sumatra using rifles and grenades, killing at
least four police officers in a raid police described as "horrific."The
attack was sparked by the police arresting a soldier for suspected drug
offences.
A slump in grain donations has forced the United Nations' World Food
Programme (WFP) to halt food aid in North Korea, placing millions of
people at risk of starvation.
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Sports
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has
selected 26 under-15 cricketers to form a squad for next week's home
series against their Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB)
counterparts. The series will include as many as four one-dayers and
two two-day matches.
Bangladesh play their final warm-up cricket match against South Africa A
in Soweto today. Earlier Khaled Mashud's men defeated NFO Eleven on
Friday and Country Districts Eleven by 20 runs the next day.
Bangladesh crashed out of the football competition of the 14th Asian Games
after conceding a 3-0 defeat to China in Masan yesterday.
India and Sri Lanka shared the glory and cricket's largest-ever prize
money of US$300,000 Monday, when rain halted play in the final of the
12-nation ICC Champions Trophy in Colombo yesterday.
Former world number one Martina Hingis loses to local challenger Nadia
Petrova in the first round of the Kremlin Cup on Monday.
Japan race to four gold medals in swimming and win two in judo on the
Asian Games' first full day of competition.
Seven-time champions Pakistan, hosts South Korea and defending champions
India scored comfortable victories on the opening day of the Asian Games
men's field hockey competition in Bushan on Monday.
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