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Letter from the Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 15, 2008

I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude. I am Minister of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the … Continue reading →

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Reselling Your Soul to the Devil

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 26, 2006

20th anniversary of Ain O Salish Kendra and National Museum auditorium, Dhaka. Bangladesh Fazle Hasan Abed (left), Muhammad Yunus (centre) and George Soros (right) Muhammad Yunus, Amartya Sen, Fazle Hasan Abed, George Soros Sultana Kamal. I could hardly have asked … Continue reading →

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Bank for the Poor

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 13, 2006

It was 1988. The flood waters had reached Dhaka, and I needed a boat to get to the head office of the Grameen (Rural) Bank. A soft spoken unassuming gentleman, casually clad, sat at a plain wooden table. There was … Continue reading →

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