Tag Archives: censorship

In response to `Smoking gun abused for smokescreen’

By Rahnuma Ahmed As a New Age columnist, I was thinking of writing about the controversy surrounding the Tibet exhibition (Into Exile. Tibet 1949 – 2009, November 1-7) for my next column. My dear Maobadi friend, Tarek Chowdhury’s piece, which … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 22, 2009
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We Protest

‘Into Exile – Tibet 1949 – 2009,′ an exhibition organised by the Bangladeshi chapter of Students for a Free Tibet, in partnership with Drik, was symbolically opened by Professor Muzaffer Ahmed, former chairman of Transparency International Bangladesh, on 1 November 2009. … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 2, 2009
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`Still pictures are not still…’ Fore-seeing the effect of visual images

by Rahnuma Ahmed `Still pictures are not still…’ said Mahasweta Devi. She was in Dhaka to inaugurate Chobi Mela V, and, fortunately for us, had expressed her wish to put up with Shahidul Alam, the director of Chobi Mela. Having … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 15, 2009
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Un-intelligent manoeuvres: tales of censorship

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rahnuma Ahmed Calling for an end to the emergency rules, editors and senior journalists of the print and electronic media yesterday protested against the interference of government and military agencies in the everyday task of the media. … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 21, 2008
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Keeping the lamp lit

The newly appointed education adviser has my sympathy. He had spoken the truth. With scandals emerging about departing advisers, and accusations flying about the gross incompetence of the ‘PhD’ government, he must have felt the need to demonstrate the character … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 14, 2008
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When a Pineapple Rolls

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Getting hold of a copy of the banned magazine was difficult, but most of the people who were subscribers seemed to have read the article. As often before, censorship had given the Time Magazine piece a notoriety, … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 15, 2003
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