Vol. 4 Num 8 Wed. June 04, 2003    
 
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Port springs to life
Foreign feeder vessels withdraw strike following announcement to amend flag rule
The crippling strike over container cargo shipment at the Chittagong Port ended yesterday afternoon with the foreign feeder vessel operators thrown into a frenzy of activities to meet the shippers' deadline.
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Saifur urges opposition to join budget session
The National Policy Review Forum 2003 begins
Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman yesterday urged the opposition lawmakers to attend the upcoming budget session and assured them of adequate time for discussion.
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Daylight bank robbery at bustling Rampura
Armed robbers looted about Tk 6.5 lakh from a Pubali Bank branch near the bustling Rampura Bazaar yesterday noon and also stripped two customers of over Tk 1.6 lakh.
 
G8 leaders pledge unity to rebuild Iraq, combat nukes
World leaders closed out their annual summit yesterday by pledging to rebuild Iraq and combat the threat of nuclear weapons in Iran and North Korea.
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Indigenous people protest Madhupur park project
Implementation of the National Park Project in the Madhupur forest in Tangail has sparked off strong protest from the local indigenous population.
 
Bush gets Arab support for ME peace plan
Summit with Sharon, Abbas in Aqaba today
George W Bush launched the most ambitious US Middle East peace mission in two years yesterday and said a summit with Arab leaders had advanced the "road map" plan for peace.
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Saddam is alive: CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has internal documents that make it clear Saddam Hussein is alive and hiding in greater Baghdad, protected by an underground resistance network of tribesmen and former
 
'Donors to up aid if gas is exported to India'
Donors are ready to increase aid if the government exported gas to India, said State Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources AKM Mosharraf Hossain on Monday.
 
Developer abducted, freed in 90 minutes
Five Star Group's link suspected
A real estate businessman, also a Jubo Dal leader, was freed in less than 90 minutes after his abduction from Bahaddarhat bus terminal yesterday.
 
11 killed as bus spins into ditch near Haluaghat
Eleven people including five women and a child were killed when an overloaded bus skidded off the Mymensingh-Haluaghat Highway into a ditch near Fatehpur at about 11:30pm yesterday.
 
Telecom glitch grips city
About 400 telephone lines have gone out of order due to road digging in Green Road, Kalabagan, Bashiruddin Road and adjacent areas.
 
Two die as launch hits boat at Sadarghat
Two people including a girl were killed and a woman went missing in river Buriganga as a passenger engine boat was sandwiched between two launches at Sadarghat Launch Terminal yesterday.
 
College teacher's house robbed at Demra
Robbers looted cash and valuables worth over Tk 1.52 lakh from a college teacher's residence at Dania in Demra early yesterday morning.
 
Old Dhaka acid victims asked to drop charges
Miscreants, after having thrown acid on nine-month-old Eka Rani and her mother Asha Rani, are now threatening the victims to withdraw the case.
 
Shazneen case
Hearing adjourned till June 7
Hearing of the Shazneen case has been adjourned till June 7.
 

 
   
 
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