Syeed Khokon, Awami League backed mayoral aspirant of Dhaka South City Corporation, met with ruling Awami League President also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence ‘Ganabhaban’ on Tuesday evening. Sources said, during the meeting Sayeed Khokon informed the PM about his preparations for the upcoming city polls including the collection of his nomination papers. The PM asked him to take all-out preparation regarding the city elections. Earlier, Sayeed Khokon collected nomination papers from the Dhaka South City Corporation office (Mahanagar
Natto Mancha) around 12: 00pm
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150 killed as passenger plane crashes in France PARIS: As many as 150 people are feared dead after an Airbus A320 plane with 150 people crashed in the French Alps after sending out a distress signal on Tuesday while flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. Many of those on board the Airbus A320 operated by low-fare airline Germanwings are thought to be German, with more than 40 Spaniards also likely to have caught the flight. Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said their thoughts were with the families of the passengers. Germanwings, which is owned by German carrier Lufthansa, confirmed that the flight, carrying 144 passengers and six crews, crashed on its way from Barcelona to Dusseldorf.
The budget airline said its thoughts and prayers were with relatives of the passengers and crew. French ministers were on their way to the crash site - a remote spot near the town of Digne. Among them was French environment minister Segolene Royal, who was in London for a meeting with the Prince of Wales, which she cancelled to head back to France. A room was opened in Barcelona's Terminal 2 to attend to relatives of those who were on the flight. The plane that crashed was called "Mannheim" and made its first test flight in November 1990.
It was then purchased by Lufthansa and had its first commercial flight in February 1991. Experts said the aircraft would have been nearing the end of its commercial life after more than 24 years of service. Spain's King Philip VI and Queen Letizia officially cancelled their state visit to France after they were told about the crash by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls. Lufthansa and Germanwings have set up a free telephone hotline - 0800 11 33 55 77. Cameron's official spokesman confirmed that the Prime Minister had been told of the crash.
The spokesman went on: "He has been informed of the tragic news of the aircraft that has been lost over southern France and he would wish to express how his thoughts are very much with the families and friends of all of those who were on board that flight." He added that the Foreign Office was making inquiries about whether any British nationals were on board, but had no information to release at this stage.
He said UK air accident investigators would offer any assistance requested by the French or German authorities. Clegg said: "My heart goes out to the family and friends of those people who appear to have lost their lives in this devastating air crash in the Alps." French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said debris had been located and that the plane had crashed at around 6,500ft (1,980m) up in the Alps. - See more at: http://www.daily-sun.com/online/europe/2015/03/24/8791#sthash.wd2O1nza.dpuf
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