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Pahela Baishakh celebrated amid enthusiasm
DU Correspondent
Bangalee people on Tuesday celebrated the Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla year 1416, amid much fanfare and enthusiasm across the country.
In the Dhaka city, thousands of city dwellers amid unprecedented security thronged the Ramna Batamul and Dhaka University area to welcome the day.
Women wearing colourful saris and men in panjabi and pyjama started gathering at the lush green Ramna Park, the focal point of celebrations in the capital from early in the morning to celebrated the new year.  |
Upazila chairmen’s ultimatum: MPs to be declared persona non grata Staff Reporter
Upazila parishad chairmen and vice chairmen yesterday threatened to declare local MPs 'persona non grata' in upazila complex areas if the government does not cancel the Upazila Parishad Act 2009 immediately and restore the power of upazila chairmen and vice-chairmen.
According to the Upazila Parishad Act 2009, passed by parliament earlier this month the local MPs hold the advisory powers over the chairmen and made the lawmakers' suggestions binding for the local government bodies.
They made this demand at a view-exchange meeting organised by Bangladesh Upazila Chairmen Forum at the National Press Club. |
Hazari sent to jail
Staff Reporter
Joynal Hazari, a former lawmaker and allegedly a godfather of Feni was sent to jail as he surrendered to the district court yesterday.
As per direction of a division bench of the High Court, the expelled Awami League leader appeared at the Judicial Magistrate Court seeking bail in three cases.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Rezaul Karim granted his bail in two cases and rejected bail in one case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission. He also directed to send Joynal Hazai to jail. |
High security in India ahead of national elections: New Gandhi touted as future prime minister
Agencies
Indians begin voting in epic elections Millions of Indians are due to vote in the first round of the country's 15th general elections on Thursday.
Voters in 124 constituencies will be taking part in Thursday's vote. There are four other phases between then and the last phase on 13 May.
More than 700 million Indians overall are eligible to vote for seats in the lower house of parliament.
The incumbent Congress-led coalition government is facing a challenge from the main opposition BJP-led alliance. |
2 grenades recovered
UNB, Dhaka
Police in separate drives Tuesday-Wednesday recovered two grenades from a graveyard near Al Hera Mosque in the city's Dhanmondi area.
The grenades were made in the Ordnance Factory in Gazipur, Atiqul Islam, DC of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Ramna zone, told newsmen at a press briefing at Shahbagh police station yesterday.
"None was arrested in connection with the seizure of the two grenades," the DC said.
One grenade was found at the graveyard at 7:30pm Tuesday "in an abandoned condition", he said. |
Tk 3000 cr package for exporters by April 20 UNB, Dhaka
Finance Minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith yesterday said the government will announce by April 20 a stimulus package for the exporters hit hard by the global recession.
"The government will announce a special bailout package for the exporters affected by the global financial crisis before the Prime Minister leaves for Saudi Arabia," he said after a meeting with officials of the Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh (ADAB).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave for Saudi Arabia on April 20. |
BTMA donates Tk 51 lakh for Peelkhana victims
BSS, Dhaka
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the textile manufacturers for expanding the market at home and abroad to face the current global economic meltdown.
She said this when a 37-member delegation of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) led by its President Abdul Hai Sarkar called on her at the Prime Minister's office (PMO) here.
Contributing to the Prime Minister's initiative toward rehabilitating the family members of the army offices martyred in the Peelkhana carnage, the BTMA president handed over a cheque for Taka 51 lakh to her. |
War crime trial in Germany: Deportation bid blocked
BBC Online
An 89-year-old man wanted in Germany on war crimes charges has been released from custody after his deportation from the US was blocked.
Earlier, US federal agents had detained John Demjanjuk at his home in Ohio, carrying him out in a wheelchair.
But a US federal appeals court granted an 11th hour stay of deportation after Demjanjuk's family argued that he was too ill to be transported.
He is accused of being a guard at the Sobibor death camp in World War II.
Demjanjuk denies the charges, claiming that he was captured by the Germans in his native Ukraine during the war and kept as a prisoner of war. |
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Internet Edition. April 16, 2009, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
