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Pop Tech

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The inaugural talk at the Pop Tech Conference in Maine on 20th October 2011

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Banglarights.net revived

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Bangladesh Human Rights Portal revived After the highly successful workshop : “Learning rights to make a difference” conducted by Drik and Internews, the Bangladesh Human Rights Portal has been revived. With the ongoing training programme with World … Continue reading

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Pathshala admission

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Pathshala – South Asian Media Academy was established in Dhaka in 1998 to fulfill the long felt need for providing institutional education in photography in Bangladesh. Today Pathshala is one of the premier institutes of photography in … Continue reading

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Learning Rights to Make a Difference

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Awards Ceremony Award ceremony Invitation card Learning Rights to Make a Difference Human Rights Training for Journalists in Bangladesh Drik and INTERNEWS network request the pleasure of your company at the Awards Ceremony of ‘Learning Rights to … Continue reading

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My Journey as a Witness

Subscribe to ShahidulNews BUY THIS BOOK Local store |  Online store Shahidul Alam: My Journey as a Witness Edited by Rosa Maria Falvo Pub Date: September 23, 2011 Format: Hardcover Category: Photography – Individual Photographer Publisher: Skira Trim Size: 9-1/2 x … Continue reading

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September 22 is for remembering

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Daily Mirror THURSDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2010 00:00 The 4th article of the Dasa Raja Dharma, Lord Buddha’s incomparable treatise on good governance is about Ajjava, i.e. honesty and integrity. The ruler, the Buddha said must be absolutely … Continue reading

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For the government, by the government

My assistant Irfan just informed me that my permanent accreditation as a journalist was not being given, as I had asked awkward questions to the adviser during the Musee Guimet affair, The assumption that a journalist’s job is to ask … Continue reading

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Doubts about December parliamentary elections

Interviews with Nurul Kabir, editor, New Age Jonotar Chokh (16 October 2008), and weekly Shachitra Shomoy (26 October 2008). Translations by Rahnuma Ahmed I have doubts about December’s parliamentary elections: first, whether they will take place — at all — … Continue reading

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