Volume 4 Number 68 Sat. August 02, 2003    
 
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Gram Sarkar goes ahead
HC to hear writ against move today
The government begins formation of Gram Sarkar units today that coincides with a High Court hearing of a writ challenging the legality of the act providing for their constitution.
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Fresh aftershock jolts Rangamati
'10-km crack opens in Borkol in Sunday's tremor'
An aftershock struck Rangamati yesterday morning, opening a crack in a wall of the officers' dormitory at the Borkol upazila headquarters and sending about 40,000 people on edge.
 
Fate of some 8,000 SSC examinees uncertain
Uncertainty looms over the future of about 8,000 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) candidates who failed the exam of one subject in 2001 and could not register for the next examinations for bureaucratic
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Rakhines: Well diggers of Kuakata
Persecution and poverty force them to flee home
Rakhines, an ethnic Buddhist sect with independent social and cultural heritage, were driven out of Akyab, about 400 years ago by Mughals, who after conquering new territories failed to subjugate them.
 
Survey ordered to resolve food yield, import jigsaw
The government is planning to conduct a survey to resolve the mind-boggling food import jigsaw in the fiscal 2002-03 despite official claims of surplus domestic yields.
 
Pro-peace accord activists killed our 87 men: UPDF
PCJSS rejects allegation
The United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) yesterday came up with an allegation against a pro-peace accord body of killing its 87 members in the last four years.
 
New Saddam tape urges Iraqis
Oust invaders
A new audiotape attributed to Saddam Hussein aired on Al Jazeera TV yesterday urges his supporters continue the uprising against US occupation forces and keep control of former state property to use in
 
Down To Earth
Brick kilns: Belching out hazard into environment
The Dhaka City and its suburbs reportedly have some 5000 brick fields most of which are fuelled by materials that have serious environmental fallout.
 
150-strong police team to rescue Ctg magnate
A contingent of around 150 police led by DC (north) Mian Md Lutfur Rahman and AC (Panchlaish) Shawkat Hossain was posted in Fatikchhari to continue the operation until rescue of the abducted businessman
 
4 JCD activists expelled, Tusher's room ransacked
The Dhaka University (DU) unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) yesterday expelled four activists of its Zahurul Haq Hall unit for their involvement in the attack on Hasan Jahid Tusher, the DU correspondent
 
BCL to enforce strike at DU from today
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) will enforce an indefinite strike at Dhaka University (DU) from today protesting attacks on its leaders and activists and demanding arrest and punishment of those responsible.
 
Rejoinder and our reply
The Power Development Board (PDB) in a rejoinder to a report published in The Daily Star on July 25 under the headline "AES to get string-free plant sell-off nod" said that the report was not based on
 
PBCP claims responsibility for killing contractor Rezaul in Jessore
Purbo Banglar Communist Party has claimed responsibility for the killing of LGED contractor Rezaul Islam.
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'Saboteurs' blow up key Iraqi oil pipeline
Four Iraqis killed, 3 US troops hurt as attacks mount
Saboteurs exploded part of a key oil pipeline in northern Iraq which was still ablaze yesterday following a big blast overnight, a top oil official in the refinery town of Baiji said.
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Saddam's two daughters take refuge in Jordan
Two daughters of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein arrived in Jordan accompanied by nine children Thursday and were granted official protection, a high-ranking official told the new agency.
 
3 alleged accomplices of 'Kala' Jahangir held in Khulna
Police arrested three alleged accomplices of top criminal 'Kala' Jahangir from a passenger bus here Thursday night.
 
Suicide blast outside hospital in Russia's Caucasus kills 20
A vehicle packed with explosives blew up outside a hospital in a Russian region bordering Chechnya yesterday, killing at least 20 people and destroying the building, local officials said.
 
Ordeal of a newsman
A journalist was arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of Police in Jhalakati on Thursday allegedly in the wake of his coverage of the corruption of local police officials.
 

 
   
 
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