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		<title>Police action against marchers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editorial, The Daily Star, 4 September 2009
Peaceful protests must not be subject to such brutality
 
IT is unquestionably bad practice to prevent people from asserting their democratic right to protest. And the practice gets worse when, in order to quell such protests, the law enforcers resort to a baton charge of the protestors. That precisely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=banglapraxis.wordpress.com&blog=1711106&post=1376&subd=banglapraxis&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Phulbari Day Today</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staff Correspondent, NewAge, August 26, 2009

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Different socio-political organisations will observe Phulbari Day today in remembrance of the demonstrations against Asia Energy’s planned open-pit mining at Phulbari in Dinajpur on August 26, 2006.
Three people were killed and many were injured when lawmen into protests against at the Phulbari coal field in August 2006.
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		<title>Tengratila blow-out victims demand full compensation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Star, June 24, 2009
Tengratila Dabi Aday Bastobayon Parishad at a press conference yesterday demanded payment of arrear compensation from Canadian company Niko for the massive damage caused by the blow-out at Tengratila on June 24 of 2005.
The blow-out took place when the Canadian company was conducting a relief well drilling at the remote [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=banglapraxis.wordpress.com&blog=1711106&post=1326&subd=banglapraxis&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh&#8217;s untapped coal potential</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Muller* with Roger Moody** The Daily Star, June 2, 2009
THE Bangladesh Ministry of Power and Energy recently asserted that the country must more than double delivered power within the next five years (from around 4,000 MW to 9,000 MW per day). With the installation and operation of four new coal-fired power stations, it is claimed that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=banglapraxis.wordpress.com&blog=1711106&post=1242&subd=banglapraxis&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New face of an old campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 04:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tanim Ahmed, NewAge, May 21, 2009
While the economics of an open-pit coalmine are ‘compelling’ compared to those of a shaft mine, neither the government nor any of the advocates have so far carried out a cost-benefit analysis that dismisses dissenters’ reservations and establishes a concrete case for open-pit coal extraction.
THERE is little doubt that Bangladesh’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=banglapraxis.wordpress.com&blog=1711106&post=1188&subd=banglapraxis&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh PM Hasina asked to fulfil her pledge against open-pit mining</title>
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Power crisis ‘artificially created’, ‘evil circle’ in power ministry
NewAge, April 22, 2009
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port on Tuesday requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to fulfil the commitment she had made as the leader of the opposition in 2006 to not allow open-pit mining in the country.    
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		<title>Govt has no mining deal with Asia Energy: PM’s adviser</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, April 6, 2009
The government has no mining agreement with Asia Energy for Phulbari coal field in Dinajpur, said adviser to the prime minister, Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury.    
‘As far as I have learnt, there is no mining agreement with Asia Energy [for Phulbari coal field]. The issue of Asia Energy will be dealt with after [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=banglapraxis.wordpress.com&blog=1711106&post=1126&subd=banglapraxis&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh ministry moves for joint venture policy on gas, coal fields</title>
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Aminul Islam, NewAge, April 4, 2009
The power and energy ministry has taken a move to formulate a policy for the public-private joint venture to develop gas and coal fields on a ‘fast track’ basis.    
‘The main aim of the policy will be to allow Petrobangla to form joint ventures with local private sector or foreign companies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=banglapraxis.wordpress.com&blog=1711106&post=1113&subd=banglapraxis&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PM for decision on coal policy on priority basis</title>
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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, April 3, 2009
The Awami League-led alliance government has decided to hold an open discussion on the draft coal policy with different stakeholders for finalising the policy on a priority basis.    
‘The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has directed us to finalise the coal policy as we need alternative energy sources to produce electricity. We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=banglapraxis.wordpress.com&blog=1711106&post=1105&subd=banglapraxis&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Barapukuria Coal Mine: Committee for acquiring 3.5 sq km area</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staff Correspondent, NewAge, March 13, 2009

The committee, formed to assess compensation for the affected people at Barapukuria coal field in Dinajpur, is likely to recommend acquiring around 3-3.5 square kilometres of area for coal mining by resettling people so that land subsidence does not affect them.  
An inter-ministerial meeting, headed by the prime minister’s adviser, Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=banglapraxis.wordpress.com&blog=1711106&post=998&subd=banglapraxis&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Govt report which terms Phulbari deal illegal goes missing</title>
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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, March 10, 2009
The energy division has ‘lost’ the report of a government-formed expert committee which found that the Asia Energy’s agreement with the government for Phulbari coal field was illegal and an open pit mine at the field would not be viable, sources in the division said.    
The division found the report missing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=banglapraxis.wordpress.com&blog=1711106&post=991&subd=banglapraxis&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Energy resources and security: what Bangladesh government needs to do</title>
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By SM Shaheedullah* and Anu Muhammad**
NewAge, February 17, 2009
IN THE past, there has been little difference, if any, in the role of the governments, elected or unelected, in the matter of defending the national resources from usurpation by multinational capital. It is imperative that this situation change to ensure national development and energy security but this depends crucially [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=banglapraxis.wordpress.com&blog=1711106&post=904&subd=banglapraxis&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Local communities raise voice against coal policy draft</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Correspondent, The New Nation, February 6, 2009 
The dwellers of Phulbari in Dinajpur district, particularly those who would be affected if the open-pit extraction of coals from Barapukuria coal mine is approved, have rejected the draft national coal policy of the expert committee headed by Prof Abdul Matin Patwary.
They have also announced an action programme of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=banglapraxis.wordpress.com&blog=1711106&post=865&subd=banglapraxis&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Phulbari elections result is the writing on the wall</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editorial, NewAge , January 25, 2009
The message that people of Phulbari have delivered through the ballots at the upazila elections is loud and clear. They have voted overwhelming in favour of Saiful Islam Bablu running for chairman of the sub-district at the local government elections of January 22. Bablu’s political identity is largely defined by his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=banglapraxis.wordpress.com&blog=1711106&post=798&subd=banglapraxis&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Phulbari people use ballot to say no to open-pit mining</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NewAge, January 24, 2009
The people of Phulbari upazila in Dinajpur have elected an independent candidate as chairman who wooed the voters through a campaign against the proposed open-pit mining in the Phulbari coal field as it would displace thousands of people.
Aminul Islam Bablu, a leader of rights group National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=banglapraxis.wordpress.com&blog=1711106&post=792&subd=banglapraxis&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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