Maoists getting arms from China: India India for the first time has said that the Maoists are getting arms from China, which is a “big supplier” of small weapons. “Chinese are big smugglers… suppliers of small arms. I am sure that the Maoists also get them,” Home Secretary G K Pillai said when asked if the Naxals were having links with China. The home secretary said the government has no information that the Maoists have any links with China except getting arms. ... Read Full Story

Obama adviser urges caution on extra Afghan troops Defence undersecretary says more foreign troops certain in new Afghan plan Generals always ask for more troops Afghanistan will swallow them up as it has done in the past BERLIN/BRUSSELS: There is no guarantee that sending extra troops to Afghanistan would solve NATO’s problems, and that they could just be “swallowed up”, US National Security Advisor James Jones said on Saturday. In an interview published in the German weekly magazine Der S... Read Full Story

India has blackmailed President Nasheed by putting his regime in a make or break situation with Sula Shiraz expose’ and the hundred million dollars they gave. Posted by haumaldives on August 15, 2009  It is true as said by one of our commentators. It is indeed too late for us to be saved from the impending Indian invasion scheduled for the 22nd of this month. The President Mr Mohamed Nasheed has sold Maldives to India as soon as he came to power a while back when he obtained hundred million d... Read Full Story

After another bloody week in Afghanistan I stood in the Field of Remembrance by Westminster Abbey and wondered if the war was worth it. The 60,000 small wooden crosses sent in by the public, each pinned with a red poppy representing the blood of the fallen, tell of a nation always willing to make sacrifices. This year a record number were sent in and, for the first time, there is a section marked Current Conflicts. Among the crowds gathering on Friday morning to pay their respects after news ... Read Full Story

Army Chiefs are drawing up plans to withdraw British troops from outlying bases in Afghanistan. In what would be a significant change of strategy against the growing Taliban insurgency, they are considering abandoning several bases including Musa Qala, the scene of bloody battles that claimed 15 British lives. Army forces would attempt to hold only the larger towns in Helmand province. It is understood the new “retrenchment” strategy is backed by the head of the army, General Sir David Richar... Read Full Story

Although the whole of Islamic world is target of Indo-Israeli plot, yet the same has intensified in case of Pakistan and Iran. It is because of the fact that Pakistan is a declared atomic country, while Iran is determined to continue its nuclear programme. In this regard, US-led some western countries have also been supporting the Indo-Israeli nexus against Islamabad and Tehran overtly or covertly. However, we cannot blame especially India and Israel including US regarding the conspiracy agai... Read Full Story

TRANSIT AND OTHER NATIONAL ISSUES Badrul Islam   In response to Raheed Ejaz´s report, Dhaka considers one-time transit to Tripura as ´test case´, The Editor in his editorial, (New Age, 0ctober 18, 2009) has correctly voiced his opinion under the topic, 0ne ´test case´ is bitter enough. Congratulations to the Editor for his excellent analysis. I am confident, that together with me, the conscious Citizens of Bangladesh would equally agree with all the relevant points indicated therein whic... Read Full Story

Every nation takes stock of prevailing situations in moments of desperation. Passing through one of such crucial moments, conscientious quarters in Bangladesh must do the same without delay. Over the last few weeks, fear of the country sliding into chaos and anarchy has intensified. Many even predict the prospect of a civil war due to the government’s dogged determination to annihilate the opposition by creating an intrusive fiefdom to entrench political power. While many prefer to just... Read Full Story

THE Border Security Force of India has yet again killed a Bangladesh national, needless to say, without any apparent reason. According to reports published in the media, the victim, a 13-year old girl, went to Kalo Dewanir Hat along the Roumari border in Kurigram, along with two other girls, to pluck flowers around 6:00pm on Friday when the Indian border guards opened fire on them. The killing has naturally touched off tension along the border, with the Bangladesh Rifles asking people of the ... Read Full Story

Nadeem Rahman explores the ideological foundations of terrorism “What is a rebel? He is a man who says no!” Albert Camus “Remember, remember, the fifth of November The gunpowder treason and plot, I know of no reason the gunpowder and treason Should ever be forgot” On November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes was caught with thirty-six barrels of gunpowder, attempting to blow up the House of Lords in the Palace of Westminster, during the State Opening of Parliament. The plot was to ... Read Full Story