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Nobel Peace Prize winner’s reputation under threat in riddle of £40m loans

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 2, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews *Fariha Karim, Dhaka, and Francis Elliott, Delhi* The Times of London The reputation of a Nobel peace laureate, credited with helping to defeat global poverty through microcredit, hung in the balance last night after allegations that he had diverted … Continue reading →

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Pentagon’s Prayers

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 6, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed As more US troops surge into Afghanistan, as Predator drone attacks on Pakistan’s north-western villages increase, as news of operations by killing squads of US Special Forces on the Afghanistan side of the border intensifies, as yet … Continue reading →

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The Wind In The Wheat

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 13, 2009

The 25th March is a significant day in Bangladesh. It was this day, in 1971, when the Pakistani army began its genocide, causing the death of millions, but eventually also leading to the birth of the nation. The Pakistani army … Continue reading →

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Reselling Your Soul to the Devil

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 26, 2006

20th anniversary of Ain O Salish Kendra and National Museum auditorium, Dhaka. Bangladesh Fazle Hasan Abed (left), Muhammad Yunus (centre) and George Soros (right) Muhammad Yunus, Amartya Sen, Fazle Hasan Abed, George Soros Sultana Kamal. I could hardly have asked … Continue reading →

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Bank for the Poor

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 13, 2006

It was 1988. The flood waters had reached Dhaka, and I needed a boat to get to the head office of the Grameen (Rural) Bank. A soft spoken unassuming gentleman, casually clad, sat at a plain wooden table. There was … Continue reading →

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