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Exclusive interview By : Audity Falguni Dhaka, 11 September, Redtimesbd.comAfter the stern clashes between police and the demonstrators of the `National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports (NCPOGMPP) ' on September 2nd, around 50 student and youth activists of different left leaning groups and others were injured. Police launched lethal attack on the protestors who

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On September 2, 2009, the members of a nationwide alliance in Bangladesh—the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power, and Ports—were brutalized by the state police in Dhaka. More than fifty members were injured. The national committee was conducting a peaceful demonstration and march as part of an announced program to protest the Bangladesh government’s offshore gas and

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Anu Muhammad tells Shahidul Alam in an exclusive interview. Transcribed and translated by Rahnuma AhmedNewAge, 5 September 2009IMMEDIATELY after Professor Anu Muhammad, member secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, was taken to Square Hospital, injured in police action on the committee’s protest march in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday

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Editorial, NewAge, 5 September 2009AMIDST condemnation and criticism of Wednesday’s police excesses against members of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports intensify, the government on Thursday termed the police action ‘unexpected and sad’ and promised legal action against the law enforcers if they were to be found guilty of having overstepped their

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Editorial, NewAge, 4 September 2009WHEN members of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port, a citizens’ platform, brought out a procession on Wednesday in protest at the Awami League-led government’s decision to award three offshore blocks to international oil companies, they were only exercising their democratic right to register protest, which is enshrined

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Editorial, The Daily Star, 3 September, 2009Peaceful protests must not be subject to such brutalityIT 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 is what happened on Wednesday when a procession

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Countrywide protests today, march towards PMO Sept 10 Staff Correspondent, NewAge, September 3, 2009More than 50 people, including the member-secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, Anu Muhammad, were injured when police charged into marchers heading for Petrobangla headquarters in the capital midday Wednesday in protest against the government’

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, August 26, 2009Photo: Zakir KibriaDifferent 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. Four days

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How could the Phulbari basin extend up to 60 sq km? Is it true? The present study reveals that if the in situ coal reserve was around 500 million tonnes, the deposited area in the Phulbari basin could never exceed 6 km2. Therefore, the scientific and general community of the country should rethink the possible fraud by some people, writes Md Rafiqul Islam*NewAge, August 26, 2009NATURAL gas is the

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Interviewed by GRAINRoger Moody is an expert on mining and mining transnationals. He has spent years uncovering the facts about how mining companies operate. He edits the Mines and Communities website, which exposes the social, economic and environmental impacts of mining, particularly as they affect indigenous and traditional communities.In Ecuador and India, we see indigenous communities

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Refayet Ullah Mirdha, back from Tangail, The Daily Star, June 19, 2009A panel of non-resident Bangladeshi experts yesterday suggested that the government formulate a coal policy with an option to export the surplus fossil fuel.It talked about merits and demerits of open-cut and underground methods of coal extraction, but did not recommend any.At a post-workshop press conference at Jamuna resort

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, June 19, 2009The non-resident Bangladeshi ‘experts’ have recommended that the government should keep open in the coal policy an option for coal export in ‘special circumstances’. They have also recommended not banning or favouring any coal mining method in the policy and stressed that a mining method is selected for ‘maximum extraction of coal’ considering

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The Daily Star, June 18, 2009While dissecting the draft coal policy at a four-day brainstorming session, a panel of expatriate and local experts emphasised on health and environmental aspects in finalising the policy that should additionally be trimmed down.They said that the policy should dictate that health and environment should represent at least two percent of any coal mining cost.According

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, June 17, 2009The non-resident Bangladeshi experts are divided over the coal mining method, rate of royalty and coal export issue, said the sources present at the four-day workshop on coal policy that began at the Jamuna Resort in Tangail on Monday.
 ‘There was a clear division among the NRB experts who came from the USA and Australia. Majority of the experts, came

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Sharier Khan, The Daily Star, June 9, 2009In view of the gloomy gas supply scenario, the Power Development Board (PDB) for the first time shifted its focus from gas-fired plants and proposed for six coal-fired power projects -- five of them very large -- totalling 2,625 megawatt to be installed by 2013-2015, sources say.In addition, PDB in its proposal to the power ministry recommended setting up

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, June 6, 2009The government will have the coal policy reviewed by a group of ‘expatriate Bangladeshi experts’ at an expense of around Tk 80 lakh, most of which will be donated by an organisation from a European country that allegedly campaigns for open-pit coal-mining. Sources in the energy ministry and Petrobangla said that the four-day programme, from June 15-18,

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Monday 4 May 2009, by The Corporate Responsibility (CORE) CoalitionUK companies that have committed human rights abuses overseas far too often get away with it, a new report launched today (1 May) reveals.Reviewing examples from Kenya, India, Bangladesh, Georgia and Nigeria. the report, entitled “The Reality of Rights: Barriers to accessing remedies when business operates beyond borders”, finds

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Mark Muller* with Roger Moody** The Daily Star, June 2, 2009THE 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 current daily gap between generation and demand would

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Sharier Khan, The Daily Star, May 23, 2009Representatives of villagers affected by land subsidence caused by coal mining in Barapukuria have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Ltd (BCMCL) for compensation and cooperation.The BCMCL will pay compensation for loss of land at a premium price to around 2,400 affected people of seven villages around the mine,

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, May 23, 2009The Power Development Board will soon send a proposal to the government to take steps for installation of four power plants, each with 500MW capacity, which will be powered by imported coal, said officials. ‘As there is gas shortage and uncertainty prevails over extraction of coal from the remaining coal-fields in the country, we will request the

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Tanim Ahmed, NewAge, May 21, 2009While 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 power sector is in a grave

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Sharier Khan, The Daily Star, May 21, 2009Within this year, the government will take several major and thorny decisions on developing the coal sector, including approval of the coal policy, an open-pit mine in Barapukuria, resettlement of people affected by the existing mine and development of a mine city.The government is already working on the mine city in Barapukuria by identifying areas to be

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, May 19, 2009The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port on Monday blamed the state minister for power and energy, Shamsul Haque Tuku, for siding with the ‘conspirators’ who wanted to handover the country’s natural resources to foreign companies. The committee convenor Sheikh Muhammad Shahidullah and member secretary Anu Muhammad in

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, may 17, 2009The national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and port on Saturday called on the Awami League-led government to take effective steps to resolve the ongoing energy crisis. The committee in a protest rally at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka also demanded immediate resignation of the energy adviser, Toufiq-e-Elahi-Chowdhury. The

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The Daily Star, Dinajpur. May 13, 2009Army personnel have been deployed at Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Ltd (BCMCL) to prevent any untoward incident at the coalmine site.Sources said at least 180 army personnel led by a lieutenant colonel arrived at the BCMCL Monday morning and started supervising coal extraction. However, another source of BCMCL claimed that the army personnel would leave the

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Editorial, NewAge, April 23, 2009People may not have expected the power situation to improve overnight; however, they did not expect it to deteriorate so drastically in such a short period of time, either. While neither the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led government nor the military-controlled interim regime did much to increase generation of electricity during their tenures, the rate of power

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, April 22, 2009The 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.
 ‘The former opposition leader and the incumbent prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, visited Phulbari in

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, April 6, 2009The 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 the finalisation of the coal policy,’ Tawfiq told

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Shamim Jahangir, The New Nation, April 7, 2009The process for establishing a coal-mining city comprising four thanas in Dinajpur will start this month. Initially the government will establish the coal-mining city with 10,000 people of Birampur, Fulbari, Parbatipur and Nababganj thanas on an experimental basis, Prime Minister Adviser for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi

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Aminul Islam, NewAge, April 4, 2009The 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 to develop gas and coal fields.
 The gas and coal fields cannot be

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NewAge, April 3, 2009The 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 will soon hold an open discussion with different

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, March 13, 2009The 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

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, March 10, 2009The 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 from the file on Phulbari coal field a few days

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Kongkon Karmakar, Dinajpur and Sharier Khan in Dhaka, The Daily Star, March 6, 2009Just when Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Ltd (BCMCL) was dreaming about making profit for the first time, its coal production became uncertain due to resistance against mining by villagers and retrenchment of at least 800 miners yesterday.While villagers stopped the company from mining coal from a new area since

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Sharier Khan, The Daily Star, March 5, 2009In a self-contradictory move, Petrobangla has asked the government to obtain a Polish-tied aid credit to assign Polish company Kopex for a techno-economic feasibility study for development of coal deposit in Dighipara.In a letter to the ministry on February 24, Petrobangla sought clearance for this credit deal saying if it is cleared, the exploration

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By SM Shaheedullah* and Anu Muhammad**NewAge, February 17, 2009IN 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 on proper

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Sharier Khan, The Daily Star, February 17, 2009The government is considering establishment of a "coal city" near Barapukuria which would provide housing and occupation to people affected by the coalmine and become the centre focus for mining related higher studies.The idea stemmed from the fact that the government in the past had ignored land and water related issues while approving the

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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 staging demonstration in front of

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Editorial: NewAge, February 4, 2009THE government looks set to develop an open-pit coalmine at Barapukuria in Dinajpur after underground mining triggered land subsidence, so says a report published in New Age on Tuesday. The government, according to the report, has already asked members of parliament and local government representatives in Dinajpur to motivate people in favour of an open-pit

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Editorial, NewAge , January 25, 2009The 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 membership of the citizens’ platform

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NewAge, January 24, 2009The 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 Resources, Power and Port, became chairman

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BDNews24, Sun, Jan 11th, 2009 9:12 pm BdSTA citizens’ group has demanded Asia Energy Corporation be banished from Bangladesh, open-pit coalmine banned and seven-point deal with Fulbari dwellers honoured.“In the wake of public protests, the then government reached an accord with the inhabitants of Fulbari, and the present prime minister Sheikh Hasina backed that deal and demanded its immediate

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NewAge, January 4, 2008The Awami League-led alliance, which is set to form the government, will need to deal with some contentious issues in energy sector such as formulation of a coal policy taking into account national interests, demand for the cancellation of the agreement with Asia Energy for the Phulbari coal field and the award of offshore blocks to international oil companies.It will also

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World Development Movement, December 19, 2008Minister backtracks on previous statements over controversial mine project following campaign by WDMUK company Global Coal Management Resources’ (GCM) plans to build an open-cast coal mine in Phulbari, north-west Bangladesh appeared in jeopardy after a UK government minister withdrew official support for the project. If built the mine would take away

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London Mining NetworkIn August 2006, protestors against the Phulbari coal project were mown down by paramilitaries in Northern Bangladesh. This week, the UK company backing the project faces detailed expert criticisms, claiming the mine is both environmentally and socially unacceptable.This morning, members of the Bangladeshi community in Britain, together with representatives of London Mining

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International Accountability Project and World Development Movement, December 16th, 2008Bangladeshi activists, and campaigners from the London Mining Network and the World Development Movement are protesting outside UK coal company, Global Coal Management PLC’s AGM today demanding an end to its destructive coal mining operation in Bangladesh. The meeting will be held at 10.00 a.m. at Sceptre

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UK-based GCM Resources' ESIA of Bangladesh coal mine offers no comfortBank Information Center, 11 December 2008 | Washington, DCThe Phulbari Coal Project threatens numerous dangers and potential damages, ranging from the degradation of a major agricultural region in Bangladesh to pollution of the world's largest wetlands. The project's Summary Environmental Impact Assessment, and its full

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Since early October – and not unexpectedly – hedge funds (read vulture funds) have bought into GCM shares in a fashion which has markedly (if not dramatically) altered the company’s current equity ownership.Now, by far the biggest registered shareholders are companies controlled by Christian Leone and his US hedge funds, the Luxor Capital (Management) Group. Leone himself holds 12.56% and the

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World Development Movement, London, 08 October 2008British bank Royal Bank of Scotland has sold its shares in Global Coal Management Resources (GCM ltd), the British company behind the Phulbari open-cast mine project in Bangladesh. In August 2008, 110 organisations from across the world wrote to RBS calling on it to withdraw its investment from the disastrous Phulbari project. The British bank

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World Development Movement (WDM) this week has launched a new part of their Phulbari campaign against the UK government’s support for the mine. WDM have written to their 15,000 members asking them to write to the UK Minister responsible for lobbying the Bangladesh government for the mine to go ahead. The action is also on-line at: http://www.wdm.org.uk/campaigns/others/bangladeshmine/index.htm

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You may be interested to know that GCM Resources Plc’s share price is now lower than it has ever been:Visit GCM's website to see the downward curve: http://www.gcmplc.com/investor_relations/share_price.php

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On September 30, 2008 on Channel 4, one of the UK’s four main TV channels, there was a programme about the men who are funding the opposition Conservative Party in the UK. One of them is Michael Alen-Buckley, Chairman of RAB Capital, former shareholders of GCM and now shareholders of Polo Resources. The programme had a short bit on Phulbari, and criticised RAB Capital for investing in the project

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, October 5, 2008The Energy Division will soon hold an inter-ministerial meeting on the draft coal policy to incorporate the observations of the council of advisers for placement of the policy draft before the council by early November, officials said.
 ‘We will hold the inter-ministerial meeting after the Eid holidays to incorporate observations of ministries such as

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NewAge, September 14, 2008The Phulbari coal deposit is very likely among the largest in the world, with a capacity to produce 15 million tonnes of coal per year. Then why would the original licensee, BHP, abandon it…asks Nazrul Islam*, a former official of the mining company In recent months there has been a lot of talk again about Phulbari coal deposit and Asia Energy Corporation's open-cut

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Tanim Ahmed, NewAge, August 26, 2008. Dhaka, BangladeshUK-based Asia Energy has been behind the organised campaign of a group of civil society fronts in favour of swift coal extraction in northern Bangladesh, reveals a New Age investigation.
 These fronts, platforms and associations, were initiated and supported by the subsidiary of Global Coal Management Resources to demonstrate public support

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August 2008 110 organizations from 31 countries have endorsed an open letter to the private investors of GCM Resources Plc declaring solidarity with community representatives in Bangladesh regarding investment in the Phulbari Coal Project. The letter was sent to UBS, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Fidelity Investments. Dear Investor: We are writing to you in solidarity with community

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Tanim Ahmed, NewAge, August 21, 2008It appears that the draft coal policy began with a text heavily biased towards private investment and facilitating large margins of profit for the mining companies. Ideally, there should not be a problem with the private investor making large margins but not at the cost of national interests or doing away with all kinds of binding safeguards to protect the

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NewAge, August 19, 2008. Dhaka, BangladeshThose who campaign against the ruthless exploitative practices of trans-national mining companies say, increased investment results in human rights abuses, especially against rural communities which the companies want to dislocate and uproot. They also say that the role of the state in extractive sector governance and citizens’ protection diminishes,

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NewAge, August 14, 2008The council of advisers on Wednesday sent back the draft coal policy for further scrutiny of the issues related to royalty rate, mined land reclamation and environmental issues.The council, headed by the chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, at a meeting at the Chittagong circuit house, discussed the policy draft and the changes the Energy Division made to the earlier draft of

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Sharier Khan, The Daily Star, August 13, 2008The eighth draft coal policy that emphasises immediate government-led action in coal sector to meet the country's surging energy demand is likely to be placed before the caretaker government's cabinet today.The draft proposes to set up a "mine Bangla" in line with Petrobangla by 2010 to spearhead different mining schemes. This government body will take

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The Daily Star, July 14, 2008The draft coal policy with options for open pit and underground mining is being sent this week to the cabinet division for the government approval.“We've completed all necessary procedures. Now the draft will be sent to the cabinet division anytime this week for approval, Chief Adviser's Special Assistant for Power and Energy Ministry M Tamim told the news agency

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World Development Movement (WDM), July 7, 2008. London, UKIn June 2008 Barclays Bank sold its shares in GCM Resources Plc – a British company that is pushing through the building of a controversial mine in Bangladesh. A mine that, if built, will displace 40,000 people and threatened the water supply of a further 100,000. This move comes just two months after the Asian Development Bank removed

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Amendment of rules before approving policy will take too much time, say officials.NewAge, June 27, 2008. Dhaka, BangladeshThe law ministry has pointed out that some sections of the draft coal policy would contradict the existing Mines and Mineral Rules 1968 and suggested amendment of the rules before approving the policy.
 A representative of the law ministry made the observation at an

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The Independent, June 22, 2008. Dhaka, BangladeshThe energy ministry has finalised the coal policy recommending formation of "Khoni-Bangla", a management body to oversee the country's mineral resources including coal, hardrock, lime stone, silica sand and others, an authoritative source told The Independent yesterday.The energy ministry last week finalised the policy without making major changes

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World Development Movement, May 2008The UK government has been actively supporting plans by a British company to build an open-cast mine in Bangladesh. The mine in Phulbari, proposed by UK company Global Coal Management, would destroy the homes of more than 40,000 people and threaten the water supplies of a further 100,000.In response to a question asked in the UK parliament, the Department for

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NewAge, June 20 2008. Dhaka, BangladeshThe energy division has sent the draft coal policy to eight relevant ministries for opinions on the finalisation of the draft.
 The division, which completed finalising the draft policy on its part, sent the draft to eight ministries, including finance, environment and forest, agriculture, land, law and the National Board of Revenue on Sunday, sources in the

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Oil, gas protection body leaders tell meetings at Phulbari, NilphamariThe Daily Star, May 31 2008. Dhaka, BangladeshLeaders of National Oil, Gas, Power, Mineral Resources and Port Protection Committee said here yesterday the food security will be affected in the district if the coal in Phulbari is extracted through open pit mine method.They said about 40 square mile land in four upazilas in the

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NewAge, Dhaka, Bangladesh May 31 2008The energy division has almost finalised the draft of the coal policy and will send it to the law mining for vetting within next seven to ten days, said the special assistant to the chief adviser for power and energy ministry, M Tamim, on Friday. ‘We have almost completed scrutiny of the draft policy submitted by the committee [advisory committee]. No major

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The Daily Star, May 27, 2008. Dhaka, BangladeshLeaders of National Oil, Gas, Power, Mineral Resources and Port Protection Committee yesterday urged the caretaker government to leave the decision about Phulbari coalmine for next elected political government.Emphasising extraction of the coal with domestic efforts, they urged the government to ensure its uses for domestic purpose instead of

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The Daily Star, May 27, 2008. Dhaka, BangladeshAn intelligence agency in a special report has suggested that the government temporarily suspend all direct or indirect activities of Asia Energy to avert severe deterioration in law and order around Phulbari coalmine.In a report to the energy ministry, the home ministry has referred to a special report of the intelligence agency saying that in order

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May 6, 2008, NewAge, May 5, 2008. National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port on Sunday alleged that some army men were creating panic among the people of Phulbari in Dinajpur in the name of taking opinion on the controversial open-pit coal project.
 It also alleged that the British government through its high commissioner in Dhaka was continuing lobbying in favour

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Press Release: April 3, 2008BanglaPraxis ● Bank Information Center ● International Accountability Project Urgewald ● World Development Movement The Director of the Asian Development Bank’s Private Sector Operations Department, Robert Bestani, notified the Bank’s Board last week that it will no longer ask for approval of the Phulbari Coal Project in Bangladesh. The ADB’s Board was slated to

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OMCT ACTION FILE (BGD 211207.ESCR)BANGLADESH: RISK OF VIOLENT SUPPRESSION OF PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO THE PHULBARI COAL MINE PROJECT, DINAJPUR DISTRICT, BANGLADESHYour action is called for to suspend the Phulbari Project until community concerns are metOMCT is concerned that police and security forces may again employ violence to deal with public opposition to the Phulbari open-pit mining project The

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December 15, 2007ToPresident and Executive DirectorsAsian Development Bank Manila, PhillipinesDear Mr. President,We are writing to you on behalf of the people of Phulbari, Birampur, Nababganj and Parbatipur upazillas (subdistricts), Bangladesh to request Asian Development Bank (ADB) to remove its support of investment and political risk guarantee for the Phulbari Coal Mine Project. The ADB offers

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Banktrack and Berne Declaration, Zurich, Utrecht, December 17 2007.UBS, a financial heavyweight from Switzerland, is facing scrutiny by civil society organisations for investing in a proposed coal mine in Bangladesh. The Phulbari coal mine, proposed by GCM Resources Plc, is set to cause major social and environmental upheavals in the region, displacing upwards of 50 000 residents. Despite strong

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Staff Correspondent, The Daily Star, November 18, 2007. Dhaka, BangladeshThe government should ensure the people's right to information before signing any international deal or formulating any policy, especially for energy or coal, speakers told a roundtable in Dhaka yesterday.The roundtable on 'Energy Security and Right to Information' was organised by weekly magazine Shaptahik 2000, and

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NewAge, November 18, 2007. Dhaka, BangladeshA reviewed coal policy provisionally prescribes government’s investment in the country’s upcoming sector as it states that private local or foreign firms engaged in mining have to go for partnering with the government. The coal policy review committee Saturday adopted a proposal to this effect. Sidelining apex trade-body FBCCI proposal for encouraging

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, November 10, 2007. Dhaka, BangladeshThe advisory committee on the finalisation of the coal policy draft on Friday decided to include a provision that affected inhabitants of any coal field would get back their land after the completion of mining when the lessee would restore the land condition as it was before mining. The committee, headed by former BUET

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NewAge, November 9, 2007. Dhaka, BangladeshThe advisory committee formed to prepare the draft coal policy, as reported in New Age on Thursday, has included the provision for allowing one open-pit mining operation as a test case to judge the viability of open-pit mining in our country. Before going into the details of open-pit mining, we want to state that we are pleased that the much-talked-about

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NewAge, November 8, 2007. Dhaka, BangladeshThe advisory committee, formed to finalise the draft coal policy, on Wednesday included in the draft a provision for developing one open-pit mine in the country as a test case.‘No one in the country has any real experience in open-pit mining. So at first one mine should be developed by using the open-pit system to gather hands-on experience, and to

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NewAge, November 6, 2007. Dhaka, BangladeshConservationists repeated their call for a complete ban on open-pit coal mining to protect the country’s geophysical structures. They also demanded that the coal policy must not provide for open-pit mining even as a pilot scheme.‘If anyone wants to know what devastation an open pit mining can bring, he or she can visit such coalmines in other countries,’

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By M Inamul Haque*, NewAge, October 25, 2007. Dhaka, BangladeshBANGLADESH has tremendous renewable energy sources in the form of wood (65 per cent of the total energy consumed), generated annually on its surface through the growth of vegetation. This is because of our fertile soil, regular rainfall and the energy of sunshine consumed by the plants together. The sunshine also consumed by the

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Staff Correspondent, NewAge, October 21, 2007. Dhaka, BangladeshThe advisory committee formed to finalise the draft coal policy inserted in the draft at a meeting on Saturday some major issues, including ban on coal export and bar on assigning any foreign company with operation of any coal field without participation of any state-run organisation.The committee, headed by former BUET

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NewAge, October 7, 2007. Dhaka, BangladeshNational Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port on Saturday protested against the Asian Development Bank’s role as ‘corporate lobbyist’ for Asia Energy and Tata Group. It also blasted energy and finance advisers to the government for their reported willingness to start stalled negotiations with Asia Energy on Phulbari coal field.

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NewAge, October 5, 2007Energy adviser Tapan Chowdhury on Thursday said that the government would decide whether to renegotiate the controversial Phulbari coal-field agreement with Asia Energy after the coal policy is finalised. ‘Asia Energy has requested renegotiation on the Phulbari agreement and has softened its position. It has proposed some nice things. It wants to set up a power plant, and

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NewAge, October 4, 2007. Dhaka, BangladeshDecisions on investment proposals of Tata Group and Asia Energy are set to take some more time due to confusion over gas reserves and absence of coal policy, finance adviser Mirza Azizul Islam said on Wednesday. ‘We are giving wrong signal to foreign investors as we cannot decide on investment proposals of Tata and Asia Energy,’ he said to reporters at

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NewAge, October 2, 2007The advisory committee on the draft coal policy has sought another extension of 50 working days from the government to finalise the draft as it could not complete the task in the 30 days extended earlier. The committee members are still not sure which mining method they should recommend as both open-pit and underground mining have merits and demerits. The committee, headed

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Engr. A K M Shamsuddin* The Daily Star, September 29, 2007. Dhaka, BangladeshAsia Energy proposed to extract about 10-15 million tons of coal from Phulbari coal field adopting open-pit mining from final depth of 250 to 300 meters by removing 4400 million tons of overburden (rock, sand, mud, soil) covering an area of about 5.2 sqkm throughout the life of the mine i.e. 36 to 38 years. Mining

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From the Archive. SEHD Report. www.sehd.org Photo: Philip Gain/SEHDPhulbari town in Dinajpur district is burning in people’s anger and also in fire. The situation has turned from bad to worse. This is a consequence of the killing of at least five persons on 26 August during a massive protest of farmers, ethnic communities and those of the town against Asia Energy, a UK-based company. The foreign

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The Daily Star, September 23, 2007A 12-member coal policy advisory team held a review meeting yesterday following its visit to Barapukuria coalmine, Phulbari and Dighipara the day before. The team will advice the government on framing the national draft coal policy, according to sources at Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Ltd (BCMCL). Mineral and Resources Department of Petrobangla formed the

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The Daily Star, September 21, 2007The committee tasked with finalising a coal policy for the country will be visiting today Barapukuria coal mine, Phulbari, Khalashpir, Dighipara and a few other areas that are rich with coal deposits. The members of the committee, accompanied by the energy secretary, will talk with the officials of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company as well as with the locals of

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NewAge, Dhaka, Bangladesh. September 18, 2007The government is likely to send two members of the high-powered advisory committee, formed to finalise the coal policy, to attend a SAARC technical conference on coal to be held in Kolkata on October 12. The energy division has recommended to the government that Professor Nurul Islam, director of the BUET’s Institute of Appropriate Technology, and

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NewAge, Dhaka, Bangladesh. September 13, 2007Bangladesh is undoubtedly heading towards a major energy crisis in the days to come. But with the reserve of coal, even if recovered even by open pit mining, will at best contribute a pond, if not a drop, in an ocean. So we must explore multiple options like undertaking massive search for oil, gas and coal, tapping wind energy in the coastal belt,

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Phulbari, Asia Energy and Grassroots Revolt, SEHD Reportwww.sehd.orgIn the last week of August 2006, an unbelieving nation watched, with increasing concern, tragedy unfold in a coal-rich area of Dinajpur. Popular protests against the Asia Energy Project had resulted in firing by the BDR on citizens, leaving at least three dead and more than two hundred injured. In this report Philip Gain looks at

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Anu Muhammad, The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port, Bangladesh In a press conference on 27 March 2007, Hua Du, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) country director in Bangladesh expressed ADB’s eagerness for the quick decisions in favour of big Indian corporate group TATA’s proposals related with gas and coal, and British company Asia Energy’s (AEC) Phulbari

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Committee terms ministry’s opinion on Phulbari deal disrespectful of people Staff Correspondent, NewAge, September 6, 2007. Dhaka, Bangladeshwww.newagebd.comThe National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port has said that the law ministry’s reported opinion that termed the Phulbari agreement ‘illegal’ was disrespectful of the people’s verdict. The committee demanded

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Coal policy not to ban any mining method to keep options open Staff Correspondent, NewAge, September 5, 2007. Dhaka, BangladeshThe advisory committee, formed to finalise the draft coal policy, has decided in principle that the policy would not recommend or ban any particular mining method to keep options open for both open-pit and underground mining in the country.The committee, headed by former

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Forum, volume 2, issue 8, September 2007. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Mumit M. Md. Khalequzzaman runs the rule over the various coal mining options available to usProduction and consumption of energy are probably the most reliable indicators of the economic strength and standard of living in a society. The per-capita energy use in Bangladesh is 118 KgOE (kilogram oil equivalent), which is one of

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In Phulbari lives the spirit of libertyThe Daily NewAge, March 26, 2007. Dhaka, BangladeshThe essence of liberty is found in the right to express one’s opinion freely, the right to associate freely and the right to express solidarity with a movement that stands up for one’s rights. The people of Phulbari exercised that right of theirs to conduct a democratic campaign that built up informed public

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