Shamsuddoza Sajen

The original copy of the constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh will be a handwritten document and will bear the signatures of all members of the Constituent Assembly.

Bangladesh will attend the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee meeting in New Delhi on October 30 as an observer.

About Tk 785 crore in plant and machinery, bank balance and cash have been transferred by the West Pakistani industrialists and big industry houses to West Pakistan on the eve of the liberation of Bangladesh, according to a preliminary survey conducted by the government.

The Bangladesh Gono Parishad today condoles the death of MCA Hamidur Rahman of Rajshahi. The members stand in silence for two minutes as a mark of respect to the departed soul.

Representatives of different hall unions of the Engineering University today call on Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to felicitate him on being awarded the Joliot-Curie medal of the World Peace Council.

The general discussion on the constitution bill begins in the Ganoparishad today. Top leaders of the ruling party and at least one MCA from each district are expected to participate in the general discussion.

President Allende of Chile and President Fidel Castro of Cuba expressed their good wishes to the people and the government of Bangladesh and high esteem for Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Bangladesh has become a permanent observer of the United Nations, informs a spokesman for UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today provides assurance that all possible measures would be taken to remove the difficulties confronting people of the northern districts.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman urges the president of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) Geneva to urgently take up the issue of stranded Bangalees with the authorities in Islamabad to prevent their persecution and arrange their speedy repatriation to Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a communication to the United Nations Secretary General Dr Kurt Waldheim expresses grave concern over the rapidly deteriorating condition of the stranded Bangalees in Pakistan and seeks his good office’s support in securing their expeditious repatriation.

The Bangladesh Gono Parishad (Constituent Assembly) passes today the rules of procedure with some minor amendments.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman maintains today that the Gono Parishad (Constituent Assembly) would soon present the country a constitution that would be “a beacon of light to the people”.

The Awami League Organising Committee (ALOC) suggests some amendments to the draft constitution, mainly related to fundamental rights,

A World Peace Council Presidential Committee meeting in its closing session awards the highest honour -- ‘Joliot-Curie Medal of Peace’ -- to the leader of Bangladesh’s liberation struggle Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and three more outstanding peace leaders.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman maintains today that the Gono Parishad (Constitutent Assembly) in its forthcoming session would enact a constitution which would meet the expectations of the people and reflect their hopes and aspirations.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today says in the larger interest of the nation he would not hesitate to take extreme measures against a few.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today presides over a high-level conference relating to the distribution of cotton yarns in the country.

All the agencies working as part of the anti-smuggling machinery along the borders of the country have been placed under the unified

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman orders the army and the navy to rush to border areas to help the civil administration prevent smuggling.