Bangladeshi youth’s plot to bomb N.Y. Federal Reserve foiled
US officials have arrested a man for plotting to detonate what he thought was a massive bomb in front of the Federal Reserve building in New York, BBC reports. Quazi […]
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Syria rebel fighters ‘to be paid’
REBELS fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria will be paid salaries, BBC reports citing an opposition Syrian National Council announcement. Money will also be given to soldiers […]
US faces a tricky task in assessment of data on Iran
WHILE American spy agencies have believed that the Iranians halted efforts to build a nuclear bomb back in 2003, the difficulty in assessing the government’s ambitions was evident two years […]
China to up defence spending by 11.2pc in 2012
CHINA said Sunday that it would boost its defence spending by 11.2 percent in 2012, the latest in a nearly two-decade string of double-digit increases, The Daily Star reports. Although […]
No permanent US forces in Bangladesh: Mozena
US Ambassador Dan W Mozena said on Sunday that US special forces visit Bangladesh on different occasions but do not stay here permanently. Members of US special forces visit Bangladesh […]
Obama warns against pre-emptive Iran strike
US President Barack Obama has said it would be unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon, but warned against a pre-emptive strike on the country, The Daily Star rerports. […]
