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No. DA 6238 Vol 2, No 13 FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2014 www.dhakatribune.com SECOND EDITION 20 pages plus 32-page weekend supplement | Price: Tk10 WT | THE SIMPLE PLEASURES OF BAISHAKH 7 | THE ‘MODI SARKAR’ IN PERSPECTIVE 8 | RUSSIAN MPS WANT GORBACHEV PROBED 12 | SUSHMITA DEBUTS IN BANGLA CINEMA 2001 POSTPOLL VIOLENCE HC for quick action against perpetrators n Nazmus Sakib Chowdhury (convicted for war crimes), Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, Maj (retd) The High Court has directed the gov- Ha zuddin Ahmed, Tariqul Islam, Zain- ernment to immediately take legal ac- al Abedin (VP Zainal), Ruhul Quddus tion against the persons responsible, Talukder Dulu, Abdul Ha z, AMH Selim as per the judicial probe report, for the (Silver Selim), Selim Reza Habib, and incidents including murder and rape Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ali Ahsan Moham- carried out on the Hindus and then mad Mujaheed and Delawar Hossain opposition members shortly after the Sayedee, both convicted for war crimes. October 1, 2001 election. The gazette was published in April The court also ordered the govern- following the directives of the bench. ment to inform it on May 11 regarding the “It is historic as no other probe report measures taken against the perpetrators. was made public earlier through ga- The bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul zette noti cation,” Biswojit told the Hoque and ABM Altaf Hossain passed Dhaka Tribune. the order yesterday after Deputy At- In response to a question by the court torney General Biswojit Roy placed the during the hearing, the deputy attorney gazette noti cation of the judicial in- general said no e ective measure could vestigation report. be taken against the perpetrators after The commission in its probe report the violence. “As the probe report has held a number of ministers of the then turned into a gazette, which has legal ruling BNPJamaat government respon- value, actions will now be taken against sible for instigating the incidents. The the perpetrators,” he said. Children of the locality make the stagnant drain water adjacent to Hatirjheel bridge a ‘water world’ of their own as they play in there to ward o daytime heat yesterday. They are leaders include BNP’s Salauddin Quader PAGE 2 COLUMN 4 absolutely oblivious of the fact that the water is polluted and harmful for their health MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU Question of BNP’s India votes in crucial 3rd phase ‘Bachelor’ Modi now existence ignites n AP, Patna, India Parts of sprawling Uttar Pradesh, voting in the area targeted by the rebels debate! Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Hary- on another day. admits he is married Indians voted in the crucial third ana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Ma- The insurgents struck again hours n Mohammad Al-MasumMolla phase of national elections yesterday, harashtra states were among the places later and brie y disrupted voting in n AFP, Ahmedabad led his papers to stand as a member of with millions going to the polls in the holding balloting on Thursday. neighboring Chhattisgarh state by r- parliament from the Vadadora constit- A debate erupted during a discussion in heartland states that are essential to Hours before the voting began, Mao- ing at security forces guarding 10 poll- India’s election frontrunner Narendra uency in the western state of Gujarat, the capital yesterday when senior BNP the main opposition Hindu nationalist ist insurgents blew up a jeep carrying ing stations in Bastar district, the Press Modi has acknowledged for the rst he acknowledged that he had a wife. leaders disagreed with pro-BNP citizens’ party’s bid to end the 10-year rule of paramilitary soldiers, killing two and Trust of India news agency said. time that he is married, solving one In the column of the a davit to view that the party might cease to exist Congress party. wounding three others and causing a There were no casualties and the re- of the biggest mysteries about the pri- mention spouses, Modi – who is chief if it did not change its political strategy. Suspected Maoist rebels, who have bels ed after security forces returned vate life of the man tipped to be prime minister of Gujarat – wrote the name Taking part in the discussion organ- urged a boycott, brie y disrupted vot- P9 MORE STORIES re, PTI said. The voting resumed after minister. “Jashodaben”, but he states elsewhere ised by pro-BNP professionals at the ing in their strongholds in eastern Bihar security forces combed the area. The 63-year-old is routinely de- in the ling that he had “no informa- National Press Club, Farhad Mazhar state and neighboring Chhattisgarh, suspension in voting in some parts of The main Hindu opposition, with scribed as a bachelor and is thought to tion” about her. said: “Many died in the democratic carrying out acts of violence despite eastern Bihar state, police said. strong momentum on promises of a have lived alone in his adult life, hav- Modi’s brother con rmed in a state- movement, but the fascists grabbed thousands of security forces fanning The soldiers were patrolling a forest surge in economic growth, appears to ing risen through the ranks of a grass- ment that Narendra was betrothed to power. People’s basic rights and free- out in the area. in a rebel stronghold in Munger district be leading the race to end the Congress roots Hindu nationalist organisation in the now 62-year-old retired school- dom of speech are in shackles. That is Nearly 110 million people were eli- when their jeep hit a land mine nearly party’s 10 years in power. which celibacy is expected. teacher, who gave an interview in Feb- why, many people say if BNP fails to gible to vote in the third phase of the 225 kilometers (145 miles) southeast of Sonia Gandhi, the governing Con- Media reports have described how ruary in which she said she didn’t “feel change its strategy and uphold people’s elections in 92 constituencies in 11 of Patna, the state capital, police o cer gress party chief, and her son Rahul he walked away from a marriage ar- bad” about not being part of Modi’s life. expectations, it might cease to exist.” India’s 28 states and three federally Jitendra Rana said. Gandhi, the party’s vice president, ranged by his parents when he was The marriage, formalised when Gonoshasthya Kendra founder Za- administered union territories. The Voting was suspended at 20 nearby voted in the Indian capital where their a child, but this has never been con- Modi was 17, is believed never to have farullah Chowdhury, who a few days multiphase voting across the country polling stations because of the safety party was routed in a regional election rmed by the man himself who has been consummated. ago criticised BNP for not having dem- runs until May 12, with results for the threat, Rana said, but started as sched- in December. portrayed his single status as a virtue “Our parents considered Narendra ocratic practices within the party, ech- 543-seat lower house of Parliament an- uled in other parts of Bihar state. Elec- Besides the Congress party and the while campaigning. to be a normal child and under this oed Mazhar. nounced May 16. tion authorities are expected to hold PAGE 2 COLUMN 3 In an a davit on Wednesday as he PAGE 2 COLUMN 3 PAGE 2 COLUMN 6 INSIDE Business Diarrhoea patients increasing Hawlader removed, B1 The country’s foreign exchange re- serve has crossed US$20bn – a buildup equivalent to six months of import pay- At least 15 fatalities in the past ve weeks in the capital Bablu new JaPa ments. Moniruzzaman Uzzal Nation n 6 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s pledge The number of diarrhoea patients in secretary general for promoting Mymensingh Municipality Dhaka has seen a huge spike in recent into a full- edged city corporation has days, with at least fteen people re- n Manik Miazee ruption allegation against party lead- not been implemented although it has portedly dying from diarrhoeal diseas- ers, and so on. been a year. es during the past ve weeks alone. Prime minister’s adviser Ziauddin Ruhul, who is known for being close The Dhaka Tribune has learned that Ahmed Bablu has been made the sec- to HM Ershad, belonged to a faction of Op-Ed 10 patients died in March, while ve retary general of main opposition in JaPa that did not want to take part in 11 When there is con ict, democracy is more died during the rst nine days of parliament Jatiya Party. the national poll. Ershad’s wife Raw- the solution. Con ict and political hostil- April. Sources said all these diarrhoea Bablu replaces ABM Ruhul Amin shan, on the hand, eventually contest- ity not only result in devastating direct vi- patients had already died when they Howlader, who has served as the ed the poll as part of the ruling Awami olence, they also impede growth, threat- were brought to the International Cen- secretary general of the party for 12 League-led alliance. en public health, and aggravate poverty. tre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research years. Bangladesh (ICDDRB). JaPa Chairman HM Ershad had made Sport The lack of awareness among the the new appointment as per the party There has been 13 The rumours of Sheikh Jamal DC’s Sony patients’ relatives allegedly failed to charter, said party chief’s Press and Po- con icts between Norde leaving Bangladesh for a club in In- ensure timely treatment, which could litical Secretary Sunil Shuvo Roy. dia has taken a new turn as it was learnt have saved lives, health o cials said.