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WIKILEAKS BANGLADESH – I

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 27, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews People’s Resistance to Global Capital and Government Collaboration is Vindicated Rahnuma Ahmed In reality, WikiLeaks leak of diplomatic cables from US Embassy, Dhaka reveal nothing new, they only serve to confirm what many of us across the … Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks cables: Bangladesh Gas

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 25, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews US nudged Bangladesh to allocate gas blocks BS Reporter / New Delhi December 25, 2010, 0:15 IST Every time India would ask Bangladesh for rights to explore gas, Dhaka would say the country had to first find … 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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‘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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