From: sahmed@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Saif Ahmed)
Subject: News
Organization: Oberlin College Computer Science
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:52:32 GMT
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September 1

Bangladesh is seriously considering and Indian proposal for opening
transit routes through Bangladesh territory to carry freight to the
north-eastern states of India. A two member team from bangladesh was
in Agarola of tripura in the thrid week of august to study the
proposal. India proposed opening three main routes through Bangladesh
for carrying goods to all other north-eastern states through tripura.
In addition, Dehli is asking for railway transit passage to carry
goods from West Bengal to Tripura. A fresh move is on to introduce a
direct bus service between Dhaka and Calcutta. 

Fifty smuggled Indian snakes, including pythons and cobras, have been
found by guards on Bangladesh's western border.

Italy will help set up 10 leather product manufacturing projects in
bangladesh through providing technology and know how. Products like
leather garments gloves, wallets, bags, shoe-uppers and belts will be
produced by those units entirely for export. 60% of the products would
be marketed in Italy and the rest could be exproted to other parts of
Europe. 

August 31st

Japanese, South Korean and Chinese firms are among the 22 firms
planning to tender bids in the 529 million dollar, 4.4 km, Jamuna
bridge project. The ADB and the Bank of Japan have agreed to provide
$150 million and the rest would be funded by other donors and the 
Bangladesh government. Construction will begin in January 1994 and end
in 1997. The bridge will accomodate a railway as well as gas and power
lines. Bangladesh has already raised $102 million from levies on 14
items since the 80's.

Burmese militants armed with spears and stones attacked a group of
officials at a refugee camp, injuring at least 5 of them and 3
security officers.

The relatives of a Kuwaiti woman who fled to Bangladesh to marry her
family's former chauffeur after a long love affair on Monday applied
to the Bangladesh High Court to have her extradited. (there are
details, will post them upon request)

At least one man was killed and three students were wounded during a
gunbattle among rival student factions in Bangladesh's violence torn
Dhaka University.

August 30

Mohammed Shahabuddin, 22, leader of the Jatiyatabadi Chatra Dal was
abducted from a residence hall at Dhaka Polytechnic Institute on
Saturday. He was taken to another part of the Campus where his hands
were tied behind his back and he was shot repeatedly.

The World Bank and other aid giving agencies have asked the government
of Bangladesh to encurage the growth of small and medium-size
industries instead of big ones in the country. With that end in view
the world bank has offerred a credit of 88 million dollars ot
Bangladesh.
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| | Saifuddin Ahmed                                                        |
| | sahmed@occs.cs.oberlin.edu                                             |
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