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Tuesday, September 09, 2003
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Tuesday,
September 09, 2003
National
Awami League president Sheikh
Hasina yesterday expressed her party’s solidarity with the nationwide
dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Action Council of jute-cotton-textile
mills workers and employees on September 16.
The port city of Chittagong and its adjoining areas, particularly the hill
districts Bandarban, Khagrachhari and tourist city Cox’s Bazar are being
used by the underworld notorious criminals as the major transit point of
illegal arms trade and smuggling, reports The Independent.
Normal life was disrupted and business activity suffered, as the day--long
hartal called by Khulna chapter of Awami League protesting Saturday's
killing AL leader Quamrul Islam Kutu was observed in the metropolitan area
and other places of the district yesterday. No untoward incident was
reported from any part of the district including the city during the
hartal period.
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Neighbour
Pakistan yesterday expressed "deep
concern" over India's proposed arms purchase from Israel and feared
India's massive arms purchase were not aimed at Pakistan alone. Foreign
Office Spokesman Masood Khan told reporters at the weekly briefing,"We
don't know what they intend to do? They can't use all of these against
Pakistan alone," he added.
Ariel Sharon, the first Israeli Prime Minister to set foot on Indian soil,
arrived New Delhi Monday night. The trip is expected to cement strategic
alliance between New Delhi and Tel Aviv.
Welcoming the Indo-Israeli friendship, United States has expressed its
willingness to work constructively with both the sides if its support or
approval was needed. Terming Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit
to India as a "bilateral matter", US State Department spokesman Richard
Boucher said "we are always glad when our friends make friends
with each other and work together
As many as 100 Maoist rebels could have been killed in a huge battle with
security forces in western Nepal, army sources said Monday
Courting arrests of over 500 leaders and workers, the five political
parties in Nepal continued the anti-prohibitory and anti-King protests
for the fifth consecutive day on Monday.
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International
Iran's leading clergy assembly called
yesterday on the Iraqi people to expel the coalition forces which it
branded "armed robbers", the news agency IRNA reported. The Iraqi people
should maintain their unity, administer the affairs of their country
themselves and expel the "armed robbers" from their homeland in order to
safeguard Islamic values, Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, the head of the Experts'
Assembly, said at the biannual meeting in Tehran.
Republicans and Democrats in the United States predicted Monday that
Congress will approve the $87 billion President Bush wants for Iraq and
Afghanistan, but many said they would demand more details on
administration policy in both countries.
Britain said Monday it was sending around 1,200 extra troops to Iraq to
tackle escalating violence and promised to deploy around the same number
later to help restore the country's crippled infrastructure. The
deployment, which will boost Britain's military presence in southern Iraq
to 12,000, were urgently needed to avoid a security collapse in post-war
Iraq, Reuters reports.
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Sports
Bangladesh are hoping for their first
one-day win in four years when they take on Pakistan in the first of five
one-day matches in the ancient city of Multan in central Pakistan on
Tuesday.
England completed a remarkable comeback to beat South Africa by nine
wickets on the fifth day of the fifth and final Test at The Oval here
Monday to square the series 2-2.
Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) announced a 20-member national squad
and the name of the six officials for the coming sixth Asia Cup Hockey
tournament to be held in Kuala Lumpur from September 21.
The Green Delta second division hockey league will start from October 5 at
Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium. A total of 14 teams, split into two
groups, will take part in the first phase of the league with three top
teams of each group qualifying for the super league.
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