Tag Archives: Environment

Blog Competition

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 6, 2012

‘Green bloggers: win a trip to Brazil to cover World Environment Day 2012, on June 5!’ The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), in partnership with TreeHugger, is yet again sponsoring a free trip to Brazil for a winning blogger to write, … Continue reading →

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Bird show at NID campus

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 5, 2012

I don’t get distracted easily, but the spectacular air show in the skies above the football field at the NID campus in Ahmedabad, India, made portfolio reviews difficult. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this clip on full screen.

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My Best Shot

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 17, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Guardian 16th October 2011 Photographer Shahidul Alam’s best shot ‘The fisherman told me the river is a destructive animal. It had destroyed his home many times’ Interview by Sarah Phillips guardian.co.uk, Sunday 16 October 2011 22.29 BST Article … Continue reading →

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Picture Power

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 1, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews World Press Photo Enter Magazine The photographs here were chosen by Amirul Rajiv, who has been the photo editor of the Editorial & Forum Magazine of The Daily Star – Bangladesh’s largest English-language daily newspaper – for … Continue reading →

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The Great Hiroshima Cover-up

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 7, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Greg Mitchell The Nation In the weeks following the atomic attacks on Japan sixty-six years ago this week, and then for decades afterward, the United States engaged in airtight suppression of all film shot in Hiroshima and … Continue reading →

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Coal Climate Showdown in Bangladesh

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 13, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Coal Climate Showdown in Bangladesh Click the link to sign the petition The bulldozers are warming up: any moment now a massively destructive coal mine could be approved in northwest Bangladesh that would displace tens of thousands … Continue reading →

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LIVING WAGES FOR GARMENT WORKERS

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 17, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Malik-speak: Demonisation and Denial By Rahnuma Ahmed I don’t think anyone gets taken in by what they say. No, not any longer. Not unexpected, for after all, how long can one spin the same old story and … Continue reading →

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Long March

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 25, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Day One Dhaka to Gazipur Bangladeshi citizens began a long march from Dhaka to Dinajpur to protect the country’s natural resources. The march began at Muktangon in Dhaka with a rally and the first day ended in … Continue reading →

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The Pale Blue Dot

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 3, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Carl Sagan “From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of particular interest. But for us, it’s different. Consider again that dot. That’s here, that’s home, that’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone … Continue reading →

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River and Life

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 13, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews They meander and glide. They unfurl with the rage of monsoon fury. Quietly they flow in the misty winter morn. Rivers thread the fabric of our land. Embroider patches of fertile delta. They are the nakshi kantha … Continue reading →

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