Category Archives: development

PopTech 2011 Interview:

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 30, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews PopTech 2011 Interview: Shahidul Alam on photography for change Lindsay Borthwick ( BIO /   POSTS )  |  Friday, October 21, 2011 UTC  Shahidul Alam walked on stage on Thursday wearing a marigold-colored salwar kameez, a camera over his left shoulder, … Continue reading →

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Aid and influence

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 4, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Surge in Global Migration Expands Scale of an Aid Group’s Influence Words By Jason DeParle Photographs by Shahidul Alam Published: New York Times August 30, 2011 DHAKA, Bangladesh — As global migration has rapidly expanded, so has … Continue reading →

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Beating the enemies of microfinance

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 20, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Muhammad Yunus banks on beating the enemies of microfinance The Nobel peace prize winner discusses recent attacks on his schemes to relieve poverty, from within Bangladesh and abroad Madeleine Bunting guardian.co.uk, Monday 18 July 2011 09.43 BST … Continue reading →

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Rahnuma asks: Who is foreign agent, Anu Muhammad or Tawfiq Elahi?

by Sadia Posted on June 26, 2011

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 →

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Reflections on Women Development Policy and IOJ’s hartal

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 13, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews by rahnuma ahmed Apnader naamte hobe, he said, after I’d mentioned the personal exigencies which led to my two-week absence from these pages. He’s a good friend, a careful and discerning reader of what I write. You … Continue reading →

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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the Noblest of them all?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 16, 2011

by rahnuma ahmed I’d thought of writing about the Nobel Laureate’s ouster from Grameen Bank last week, but fever intervened. Mine has receded, the government’s however, has not. Their’s is prolonged, one that continues. High state and party functionaries have … Continue reading →

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WIKILEAKS BANGLADESH – II

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 3, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews RAB, Counter-Terrorism and Pursuit of Democracy By Rahnuma Ahmed IT HAS been nearly two weeks since WikiLeaks leak of diplomatic cables from US Embassy, Dhaka revealed that US Ambassador James F Moriarty had urged the prime minister’s energy … Continue reading →

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Speech at the Funeral of Sarah Bartmann

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 14, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Thabo Mbeki 9 August 2002 Fellow South Africans: The day should be a day of celebration and joy. After all, today is National Women’s Day as well as the historic day when we return the remains … Continue reading →

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Bangladesh Profile

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 11, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Shahidul Alam Bangladesh will be 40 years old next year. Back in 1971, its civil war and declaration of independence gained global notice thanks to the Concert for Bangladesh, which drew over 40,000 to Madison Square … Continue reading →

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