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Thursday, September 04, 2003
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Brief, Summary of more than 20 leading Bangla & English Dailies,
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Thursday, Sept-
04, 03
National
Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia yesterday asked the BTV authorities to preserve as national
heritage the documents contained in the celluloid depicting Bangladesh
history and tradition.
Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia has expressed her dissatisfaction over
the perpetual upward trend of the country’s import trade resulting in a
huge trade deficit. She has also given directives to the Cabinet Committee
on Exports to discourage unnecessary imports to check the rising imbalance
in the external trade
The four-day silver jubilee celebrations of the ruling BNP concluded
yesterday. On the concluding day a cultural function was held at the
Paltan maidan. BNP Secretary General and LGRD and Co-operatives Minister
Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan inaugurated the function yesterday evening
Awami League central leader and former state minister for information Prof
Abu Sayeed yesterday protested the Jamaat leader Maulana Motiur Rahman
Nizami’s claims at a press conference that Jamaat had no links with any
Islamic militant groups saying that the facts belied his
statement.
A move is underway to amend the Bangladesh Telecommunication Act 2001,
allowing intelligence agencies to breach privacy of individuals by tapping
telephone calls and busting e-mails, . reports The Daily Star.
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has finalised draft guidelines for utility
service providers to check haphazard road digging and add speed to repairs
of ruptured roads. The guidelines prepared by Rajuk and discussed at
yesterday's meeting of DCC One-Stop Service Cell banned road digging in
June, July and August because of monsoon rain and made the use of modern
equipment in digging mandatory.
Non-government Primary school teachers of the country began a 24-hour
hunger strike from 3pm yesterday at the Muktangon in the city to press
home their one-point demand—the nationalisation of the non-government
primary schools
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Neighbour
President
Pervez Musharraf today rejected any freeze in the country's nuclear
programme and hinted at upgrading technology to strengthen national
security.
Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi say seven people were killed and
at least five others wounded on Tuesday in two related incidents. Six of
the dead belonged to the Muttehada Qaumi Movement (MQM).
Police in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta say they have seized more
than 20,000 rounds of ammunition used in AK-47 rifles. It was the city's
biggest weapons haul in recent history. Calcutta police chief Sujoy
Chakraborty said the ammunition was probably intended for Kashmir
militants.
At least 13 people have been killed in three separate incidents in
Indian-administered Kashmir in an upsurge in violence. Thirty people have
also been injured in a landmine explosion along a key highway linking the
state's summer and winter capitals.
A key report by Indian archaeologists on the disputed Ayodhya religious
site has split not only Hindus and Muslims but experts too, reports BBC.
A latest-model fighter aircraft Super-7 (JF-17) a joint venture of
Pakistan and China was successfully tested, said Chinese sources today.
"We have developed an advanced, multipurpose light fighter plane to meet
the needs of overseas customers, the sources in Beijing told APP news
agency.
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International
Unknown
assailants fired shots at the British embassy in Tehran Wednesday and
Britain temporarily closed the building for business, British officials
said.
Shifting tactics and reaching out for help, the Bush administration
offered on Wednesday to share with the United Nations the long-dominant
U.S. role in Iraq's postwar reconstruction. Secretary of State Colin
Powell described the effort as "essentially putting the Security Council
in the game," and European governments reacted favorably to the revised
U.S. approach.
Mortar bombs were fired at the U.S. military base in Saddam Hussein's home
town of Tikrit on Wednesday and U.S. troops surged out in Humvees and
armored vehicles to repel the attackers, Reuters witnesses said.
A "brutally honest" report prepared for the US military Joint Chiefs of
Staff blames post-war unrest in Iraq on hurried, inadequate planning
before the invasion, defense officials said on Wednesday. The classified
report on lessons learned in the war says US commanders were so busy
preparing to defeat Iraq's military and directing the fight that they were
given too little time to properly prepare for "Phase IV" peace, reports
Reuters.
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Sports
One-drop
batsman Habibul Bashar Sumon hammered a magnificent 72 as Bangladesh
scored 248-6 on the first day of their third and final Test against
Pakistan in Multan on Wednesday.
Abahani Limited retained the Green Delta Premier Hockey League title when
they brushed aside archrivals Mohammedan Sporting Club 5-1 in the league
finale on Wednesday.
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