Tag Archives: Land Rights

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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‘You cannot eat coal’: Resistance in Phulbari

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 19, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed   ‘Only when the last tree has withered, and the last fish caught, and the last river been poisoned, will we realise we cannot eat money.’ Cree proverb ‘[the] uprootedness and superfluousness which have … Continue reading →

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Unidentified terrorists in the hills

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 12, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews rahnuma ahmed Some external terrorists from outside Sajek have set these fires. There is no conflict between Bengalis and Paharis in this area. Those who set the fire don’t want the current communal harmony between Bengalis and … Continue reading →

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