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THE BILDERBERG CLUB – Part I

by Sadia Posted on November 24, 2011

By, rahnuma ahmed Introducing the Bilderberg Club Last year, when I’d asked Nurul Kabir if he knew that America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve,  was privately-owned (New Age, November 14, 2011),  I’d slipped in a mention of the Bilderberg Club … Continue reading →

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CONCLUDING PART: The Federal Reserve Bank. America’s privately-owned central bank

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 15, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed It is not only the American corporate media which keeps the lid on the Federal Reserve System — since, contrary to what most  Americans believe, it is `not federal’, has `no reserve’, is `not … Continue reading →

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Part I: The Federal Reserve Bank. America’s privately-owned central bank

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 14, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed Dr. Ben Shalom Bernanke is the current chairman of the Federal Reserve, the `central’ bank of the United States of America. “I know you are very busy, but you must make time. I have … Continue reading →

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COLONEL MUAMMAR GADDAFI: Sodomy and murder as spectacle

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 31, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed On hearing news of the Libyan leader colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s death, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton gleefully proclaimed — while paraphrasing the words of the Roman emperor Julius Caesar, Vini, vidi, vici, `I … Continue reading →

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Be-heading `parched souls’ in modern Saudi Arabia

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 30, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed Ma, my soul feels parched. It quivers like a kite. (`ma, amar attay pani nai, atta ghuddir moto khali orey’) — Masud Hossain of Purbashinda village, Tangail, one among eight be-headed in Saudia Arabia … Continue reading →

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PRESIDENTIAL CLEMENCY

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 25, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews But, will the people forgive the President..? By rahnuma ahmed The president has granted clemency to AHM Biplob, son of Laxmipur ruling party leader Abu Taher, a death row inmate, convicted of kidnapping and murdering advocate Nurul … Continue reading →

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We are with you, Viqarunnisa!

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 22, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed “…far from a mere method or an a priori technique to be imposed on all students, education is a political and moral practice that provides the knowledge, skills and social relations that enable students … Continue reading →

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Being confronted by blindness

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 10, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed Soft hands, gentle hands. I bent, I kissed. Rumana was lying in her hospital bed. We have never met before, I said, as I held and caressed her hand, but your ex-teacher Meghna Guhathakurta, … Continue reading →

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De-energising Bangladesh

by Sadia Posted on June 20, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews by rahnuma ahmed In the end, treachery will betray even itself. Roman proverb When the prime minister, the finance minister etc., not known for being democratically-oriented, feel obliged to respond publicly according to the terms and conditions … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Women Development Policy and IOJ’s hartal PART II

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 5, 2011

by rahnuma ahmed It’s been more than a week since my friend had said, apnader naamte hobe, but there has not been much of a response from women’s organisations to the government’s back-pedalling on the Women Development Policy regarding equal … Continue reading →

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