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           May
          20, 2000  
          
            
           
          
          
           Khagrachhari,
          May 19 (UNB) – Local administration today slammed section 144
          restrictions on the municipal area as 
          tensions erupted over meetings of two tribal organisations at
          the same venue and time on Saturday. 
           
          
           
          Two
          factions of Pahari Chhatra Parishad, one who supports the CHT Peace
          accord and another opposing it, convened meetings at Swanirbhor Bazar
          field of the municipality for Saturday afternoon. 
                                                       
          Today’s
          decision of the administration followed its failed initiative to make
          both the groups agree to hold their meetings outside the municipal
          area.
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