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Bangladesh opens its gas fields to US company
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
Posted in Bangladesh, economy, Energy, Gas, Governance, politics
Tagged Bangladesh, BAPEX, ConocoPhillips, David Bergman, Economy, energy, exploration, export, Oil and Gas
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Bangladesh in the Brazilian Amazon
By Gabriel Elizondo in Americas Aljazeera Wed, 2012-01-11 03:55. In the northwest Brazilian Amazon town of Brasileia, population 20,238, there are almost 1,200 Haitians. They often mill around during the day, clustered in groups in the shade trying to keep … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Migration
Tagged Bangladesh, Brazil, displacement, Economy, exile, Migration, work
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Wahid Adnan Wins Award of Excellence in CPOY
Wahid Adnan (Pathshala South Asian Media Academy) Graphics of Deadliest Crash Award of Excellence Documentary Story: Graphics of Deadliest Crash Graphics of Deadliest Crash A building opposite Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) was razed by the angry investors after the crash … Continue reading
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Tagged corruption, crash, Economy, finance, Governance, manipulation, money, stock market
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CONCLUDING PART: The Federal Reserve Bank. America’s privately-owned central bank
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed It is not only the American corporate media which keeps the lid on the Federal Reserve System — since, contrary to what most Americans believe, it is `not federal’, has `no reserve’, is `not … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corruption, Democracy, economy, exploitation, Genocide, Global Issues, Governance, politics, Rahnuma Ahmed, USA
Tagged Bank of England, Bank of International Settlements, Banking cartel, Central bank, Discover the Secret of Our Money System, Economy, Federal Reserve Bank, Fort Knox, Gold, Great Depression, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sex crime, MBA curriculum, Money Changers, Rahnuma Ahmed, Ron Paul, Tungsten bars, US Treasury's debt to China, USA, usury Islam
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A Struggle From Dawn to Dusk
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By ANDREA RICE Photographs by Taslima Akhter The garment industry is one of the largest industrial sectors in Bangladesh. It accounts for a good portion of the country’s exports and employs more than three million workers. Most of them … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, economy, exploitation, Global Issues, Human rights, Pathshala, Photography, Photojournalism
Tagged communication, Economy, exploitation, export, Garment Industry, justice, Law, media, minimum wages, Photography, Rights, Taslima Akhter, Visual Arts, Workers
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Magnum Foundation Interview
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Conversation between Shehab Uddin and Shahidul Alam UDDIN: I’m a freelance photographer in Bangladesh and I first met Shahidul in 1998. At that time I was in my hometown in Khulna. Shahidul, who also moved to Bangladesh … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, culture, Governance, Human rights, Pathshala, Photography, Photojournalism, Photojournalism issues, South Asia
Tagged city, CONCERN, culture. poverty, Dhaka, Drik, Economy, homeless, Photography, Shehab Uddin, urban, Visual Arts
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New humility for the hegemon
Subscribe to ShahidulNews India and its near-abroad Too slowly, India is realising that poor relations with its South Asian neighbours hold back its global ambitions Jul 30th 2011 | from the print edition of the Economist NO ONE loves a … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Energy, Global Issues, Governance, politics, South Asia
Tagged Bangladesh, borders, conflict, Economy, Governance, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, peace, SAARC, Sri Lanka, trade
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ConocoPhillips Oil Spill
Subscribe to ShahidulNews As government faces increasing criticism over its controversial deal with ConnocoPhillips and pressure mounts to force the government to reveal the contract, an oil spill in China lends weight to the protesters claims that the company has … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, disasters, economy, Energy, Gas, Global Issues, Governance, politics, Resistance, South Asia, Technology, World
Tagged Bangladesh, Economy, energy, exploration, Gas, Governance, multinational, off-shore, Oil, protest, resistance
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De-energising Bangladesh
Subscribe to ShahidulNews by rahnuma ahmed In the end, treachery will betray even itself. Roman proverb When the prime minister, the finance minister etc., not known for being democratically-oriented, feel obliged to respond publicly according to the terms and conditions … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Coal, Energy, Gas, Governance, mining, Mir Jafar, Rahnuma Ahmed, Resistance, Sheikh Hasina, war on terror
Tagged Bangladesh, Capitalism, Economy, exploitation, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, politics, Rahnuma Ahmed
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