Tag Archives: BDR

`Conspiracy theories.’ Learning from 9/11

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 17, 2009

By Rahnuma Ahmed The truth is, conspiracies sometimes do occur. Michael Meacher, current Labour MP, former British minister for the environment `Bangladeshis love conspiracy theories’ was a comment I came across in foreign news reports, news analyses and blog talk … Continue reading →

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A defining moment?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 31, 2009

By Rahnuma Ahmed: ‘UNEASY lies the head that wears a crown,’ wrote Shakespeare. She is still haunted by memories of ‘grenades and bullets’, said Sheikh Hasina recently (New York Times, March 13, 2009). It was an obvious reference to the … Continue reading →

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Horror and grief: a nation besieged

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 6, 2009

Text by Rahnuma Ahmed Photos by DrikNews BODIES of army officers had been found, they had been dumped in the sewage canals that lay underneath the BDR headquarters in Pilkhana. Two dead bodies had been the first ones to surface, … Continue reading →

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