61.   Brisk preparations are afoot to make the long march to the Chittagong Hill Tracts a grand success.

62.   But the long marches out of the northern town of Tierralta have become more than just a hunt for Pernia.

63.   But while the Chinese may have begun the long march to soccer respectability, the present still belongs to Brazil.

64.   Chhatra League workers have held a rally and procession against the long march.

65.   Cattle-raisers ended their long march across France at the Eiffel Tower on Friday, saying President Jacques Chirac promised relief for the mad cow crisis.

66.   Chairman of Khagrachhari Pourashava Abul Quasem said that he would welcome the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament who would lead the long march procession.

67.   Commonsense, however, suggests that participants in the long march could have no motive for damaging vehicles which could delay or halt their long march.

68.   Earlier at a meeting ruling party leader Joynal Abedin Hajari MP also said that his workers would resist any vandalism in the name of long march.

69.   Earlier on Friday, BNP leader Abdullah-Al Noman visited Khagrachhari and held public meetings at all thana headquarters to make the long march programme a grand success.

70.   Fortunately the country has escaped what could have been a major disaster in the wake of the BNP-led long march.