Category Archives: environment

Blog Competition

‘Green bloggers: win a trip to Brazil to cover World Environment Day 2012, on June 5!’ The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), in partnership with TreeHugger, is yet again sponsoring a free trip to Brazil for a winning blogger to write, … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 6, 2012
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Bird show at NID campus

I don’t get distracted easily, but the spectacular air show in the skies above the football field at the NID campus in Ahmedabad, India, made portfolio reviews difficult. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this clip on full screen.

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 5, 2012
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Win for Jashim Salam

Jashim Salam wins Honourable Mention at FCCT Photo Contest: Jashim Salam is a Chittagong, Bangladesh-based photographer working for DrikNEWS, an international news photo agency, since 2008. He is also studying photojournalism in The South Asian Media Academy and Institute of … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 28, 2012
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Not for art’s sake

Abstract of keynote presentation given at National University of Taiwan 8th January 2012. Taipei Subscribe to ShahidulNews One of the videos presented. A compilation from several videos on major protests in 2011 Long before CSR had become a buzzword and … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 9, 2012
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, Coal, Crossfire, culture, Democracy, Energy, environment, exploitation, Film, Gas, Governance, Human rights, Killings, Law, mining, Oil, politics, Resistance, Shahidul Alam, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

People’s News

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Drik calendar 2012 now available: A moment of crisis, a celebration, the unexpected, a dream realized, hidden truths, a reaffirmation of what we knew. Through TV screens, newspaper pages, giant electronic screens and tiny handsets, we gather, … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 26, 2011
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, culture, Democracy, economy, environment, Governance, Human rights, media, Photography, Photojournalism, politics, Shahidul Alam, South Asia | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

My Best Shot

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Guardian 16th October 2011 Photographer Shahidul Alam’s best shot ‘The fisherman told me the river is a destructive animal. It had destroyed his home many times’ Interview by Sarah Phillips guardian.co.uk, Sunday 16 October 2011 22.29 BST Article … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 17, 2011
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Aid and influence

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 →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 4, 2011
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Picture Power

Subscribe to ShahidulNews World Press Photo Enter Magazine The photographs here were chosen by Amirul Rajiv, who has been the photo editor of the Editorial & Forum Magazine of The Daily Star – Bangladesh’s largest English-language daily newspaper – for … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 1, 2011
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