Category Archives: Governance

WB finds graft rampant in govt, NGOs

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 3, 2012

By David Bergman The New Age Thursday, 2 February, 2012 Five non-governmental organisations have admitted to the World Bank that they made corrupt payments to Bangladesh government officials to receive contracts under a bank-funded project. The admissions are contained in … Continue reading →

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“Have a Nice Day, Buddy:” What The Actions of a Few US Marines Say About us All

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 15, 2012

 Jan 13 2012 by Sherene Seikaly and Maya Mikdashi Golden, like a shower, said one of the US marines as he urinated, along with three of his fellow officers, on three dead Afghans. Over the last forty-eight hours this grizzly spectacle … Continue reading →

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Bangladesh opens its gas fields to US company

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 15, 2012

Saturday, 31 December 2011 09:45 David Bergman The United States multinational energy company ConocoPhillips will soon start looking for gas in a deep offshore area in the Bay of Bengal. With a short fall in the supply of gas and with declining reserves, the Bangladeshi government … Continue reading →

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West Bank 2011: One year of Humiliation in a Two Minutes Video

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 14, 2012

It is a new year in the West Bank And on Christmas, a rainy and great wind swept over the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Trees bent and roofs rattled but the wind couldn’t carry away the suffering, vulnerability and the … Continue reading →

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Marines Urinating on Dead Taliban: How Low Will We Go?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 14, 2012

By Ethan Casey Huffington Post Posted: 1/13/12 11:45 AM ET I haven’t fully digested the disgusting news that U.S. Marines have been caught on video urinating on dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, so this post is not offered as a coherent … Continue reading →

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Not for art’s sake

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 9, 2012

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 →

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American Activists and the Birth of Bangladesh

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 2, 2012

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Podcast Play in New Window | Download Forty years ago this month, the country of Bangladesh declared its independence from Pakistan. Then-President Richard Nixon supported Pakistan during the war because he wanted to prove the US would stand … Continue reading →

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India’s secret war in Bangladesh

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 29, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Praveen Swami The Hindu As a grand finale to the victorious role played in the liberation of Bangladesh and to make their final withdrawal, the Indian Army held a farewell parade at the Dacca Stadium on … Continue reading →

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