Subscribe to ShahidulNews Magnum Photos Sales Director joins MAJORITY WORLD™ London: (June 2011) MAJORITY WORLD™ today announced the appointment of Chris Barwick as Business Development Director. Chris previously held senior roles with industry heavyweights Getty Images and Corbis. Most recently … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews BUY THIS BOOK Local store | Online store Shahidul Alam: My Journey as a Witness Edited by Rosa Maria Falvo Pub Date: September 23, 2011 Format: Hardcover Category: Photography – Individual Photographer Publisher: Skira Trim Size: 9-1/2 x … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews DHAKA: Renowned writer, researcher and activist Rahnuma Ahmed asks who is a ‘foreign agent’, Anu Muhammad, member-secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, or Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, advisor to the … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews The regular weekly “Solidarity for Limon” rally had been steadily attracting bigger crowds, despite the monsoon rains. The gathering this Friday the 24th June 2011 was especially large. The street plays were popular and since this was … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews by rahnuma ahmed In the end, treachery will betray even itself. Roman proverb When the prime minister, the finance minister etc., not known for being democratically-oriented, feel obliged to respond publicly according to the terms and conditions … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews by Abbas Faiz, Bangladesh researcher at Amnesty International Last Friday, Rahima Khatun, a 35-year-old woman, was shot in the head during a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) operation in a slum near the central Bangladesh district of Narsingdi. … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews by Philip Gourevitch October 11, 2010 London, 1969: The worldwide reaction to the Biafran war gave rise to the modern humanitarian-aid industry. In Biafra in 1968, a generation of children was starving to death. This was a … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews by rahnuma ahmed `A state within the state is now ruling the country.‘ Recently uttered by Dr Mizanur Rahman, National Human Rights Commission chair, these words, ominous as they sound, are of immense concern to the nation’s … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Solidarity Rally for Limon Friday June 17, 2011 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Outside the National Museum (Shahbagh) It was the third rally in support of Limon Hossein—a 16 year old Jhalokathi college student, the son of an … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rahnuma Ahmed was amongst around twenty people who were injured as police clashed with protesters at a rally held near the National Press Club in Dhaka on 14th June 2011. Members of the National Committee to Protect … Continue reading
