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By Wajid Ali Syed - Washington Correspondent

President Obama said that the US is facing a recession caused by wrong and irresponsible decision making at the Wall Street as well as Washington. In a speech at Georgetown University on Tuesday, he did not mention any significant policy announcements but instead shared his administration's efforts to fix the situation. He claimed that the economy has signs of improvement. "There is no doubt that times are still tough, but from where we stand, for the very first time, we are beginning to see glimmers of hope." But he also warned the American people of more job loss, saying, "the severity of this recession will cause more job loss, more foreclosures and more pain before it ends."

M.A. Kader-Asian tribune Correspondent in Bangladesh

Amid tight security hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi people poured in and around the Dhaka city’s Ramna Batamul and adjacent areas from dawn to dusk Tuesday to celebrate the Bangla New Year 1416. Women wearing colorful saris and men in Punjabi and pajama turned out early in the morning to dance and sing in the lush green Ramna Park, the focal point of celebrations in the Dhaka, the capital city, to welcome year 1416 in the Bangla calendar. Thousands of people peacefully gathered at Ramna Park where the artistes of cultural organization Chhayanaut sang the traditional Pahela Baishakh song of Rabindranath Tagore -- "Esho hey Baishakh esho esho"-- to welcome the Bangla New Year.

No arrest on the attack on Sri Lankan Mission so far reported, but the present Sri Lankan Ambassador is leaving Norway on the 18th of this month as he has been already on a recall order. Meanwhile, Norwegian Police have already released the only suspect arrested in connection with attack on the Sri Lanka Mission. In the meantime a spokesman in the Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told "Asian Tribune" that in case Norway adopts a dilatory tactics in arresting culprits involved in the cowardly attack on the Sri Lanka Mission then ‘Sri Lanka has to seriously consider the diplomatic relationship with Norway.’

By Raj Gonsalkorale

The proscription of the LTTE appears to be a 'paper Tiger' (pardon the pun) in some countries as they have allowed the LTTE to continue fund raising, have public meetings promoting Prabakaran as the leader of Sri Lankan Tamils, and canvass support from many international quarters. The LTTE might be different things to different people, but it has always been and still remains a terrorist organization, and Sri Lanka has treated them as such, although several efforts were made by successive Sri Lankan governments over the years to discuss a reasonable political solution to the conflict with them. LTTE intransigence and their unreasonable demands made sure these talks were not successful.