Volume 4 Number 89 Sat. August 23, 2003    
 
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Cars, foreign tours, ACs to fight poverty
Perc finds PRSP technical project a waste of funds
In the name of poverty reduction, the government has finalised a Tk 13.5 crore technical assistance project, stuffing it with air-conditioners, cars and foreign tours.
 
Yet another ammunition haul in Joypurhat
Police yesterday seized huge explosives and lethal weapons from a graveyard near the scene of last week's fierce firefight in Joypurhat and arrested two more alleged operatives of Jama'atul Mujahidinoutfit
 
Indian water diversion plan
JRC may meet next month
The long overdue Indo-Bangla Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) meet is likely to be held in New Delhi next month, paving the way for bilateral discussions on the highly contentious issue of India's riverinter-linking
 
1971 war with Pakistan
India may make public official accounts
The Indian government is likely to make public official accounts of what happened during the three wars the country has fought, including Bangladesh's independence war in 1971.
 
2 more Marines killed in Iraq
Islamist group claims capture of 2 soldiers
Two US soldiers were killed in separate incidents in Iraq, one in Baghdad and the other near Hilla, south of the capital, the army said Friday.
 
Cough up Tk 700, get a fake licence at BRTA
Organised gangs abetted by a dishonest set of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) officials have virtually taken charge of issuing counterfeit papers and licences for vehicles.
 
Allahr Dal activists grilled, give out important info
Five young men, suspected to be activists of an organisation styled 'Allahr Dal' and now being interrogated on remand by police at Sunamganj, gave some important information yesterday.
 
Wild elephants trample four to death
A herd of marauding wild elephants trampled four persons to death and injured seven others at Shafipur village in Razasthali upazila of the district in the early hours yesterday.
 
Israel vows more strikes on Palestinian militants
Israel has vowed more attacks on Palestinian militants after killing a Hamas leader, a move that prompted major Islamic groups to abandon a truce crucial for a US-backed peace plan.
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Water pollution
 
Merchant's son, friend feared abducted
The son of a merchant and his friend went missing in Chittagong on Wednesday evening in an incident feared to be another abduction for ransom.
 
Another suspect held, Jamal not yet rescued
Chittagong police yesterday arrested yet another person but could not make any progress in rescue of businessman and BNP leader Jamal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury 29 days into his abduction.
 
4 killed in N'ganj road accident
Four people, two of a family, died and 20 others were injured in a head-on collision between a Dhaka-bound passenger bus from Raipur and a Monohardi-bound bus from Dhaka on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at
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Mars not a watery mass
Hopes that Mars once had vast oceans of water and perhaps microbial life have suffered a setback.
 
Ozone hole may get to record size
The ozone hole over the Antarctic is growing at a rate that suggests it could be headed for a record size this year, Australian scientists say.
 
Rob murder case transferred to Speedy Trial Tribunal
The sensational SMA Rob murder case has been transferred to the Speedy Trial Tribunal, Khulna, court sources said.
 
Now it's river staff's turn to threaten strike
River transport employees and workers have put forward a 26-point demand with an ultimatum that if the authorities do not meet their demands by September 24, they will go for an indefinite strike from
 
5 Barisal AL men sued for 'damaging' portraits of Zia, Khaleda
Five activists of the Awami League have been sued for allegedly damaging the portraits of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, late president Ziaur Rahman, their son and Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP Tareque
 
UNB reporter rescued after abduction
A gang of criminals, angered by press reports on their activities, kidnapped the Keraniganj correspondent of UNB and the Ajker Kagoj, HM Amin, from Dakpara Link Road yesterday morning.
 

 
   
 
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