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Niaz Alam

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Bangladesh, London
As seen in: Dhaka Tribune, Medium, The New Statesman, Red Pepper (UK), Investment Week, Third Sector, Counterpoint BD
Covers:  Global affairs, society, popular culture and op-eds - London and Bangladesh especially - all else within reason. I also have a professional interest (see linkedin) in responsible business/investment.
Doesn't Cover: If no fit for my interests, time or role
A memo pad, not an hourly bulletin. ESG, Responsible Investment and Bangladesh are areas of special interest muckrack.com/niaz-alam

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Niaz Alam’s Biography

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London Bureau Chief and Editorial Board, Dhaka Tribune. Consultant, speaker and writer on responsible business and ethical investment. Hon. Secretary Foreign Press Association in London 2018 and 2019
Contributing chapter writer for Do They Mean Us? – The Foreign Correspondents view of Brexit published by Bite Sized Books Jan 2019
Adviser to boards on governance and a past non-executive director London Pensions Fund Authority (2001-2010)
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Niaz Alam’s Journalist Portfolio

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Solidarity should include citizenship | Dhaka Tribune

Solidarity should include citizenship | Dhaka Tribune

This is the darkest hour for the Rohingya people. A quarter of their community in Myanmar has fled their nati…

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The problem with the 'P' word was clear in 1969

The problem with the 'P' word was clear in 1969

" It is nice sometimes to get it right the first time. Without being asked. Without causing a fuss. Without e…

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Do They Mean Us? - The Foreign Correspondents' View of Brexit

Do They Mean Us? - The Foreign Correspondents' View of Brexit

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When Frost met Mujib

When Frost met Mujib

Within days of his historic return to Bangladeshi soil on January 10, 1972, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman…

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ALL THE CONCERT(s) FOR BANGLADESH

ALL THE CONCERT(s) FOR BANGLADESH

Pete Townshend gives his emories of the ‘Goodbye Summer Concert for Bangladesh’ at the Oval cricket ground on…

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Corruption beats boycotts

Corruption beats boycotts

Long before Qatar won its bid to host, it was obvious this year's World Cup was going to be a textbook case o…

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Articles

Kamilah Ahmed at Arab Hall, Leighton House

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By Niaz Alam 
| Counterpoint BD
Growing up between cultures, I had this grounding and understanding that textiles carried histories of migration, labour and ceremony. No single photograph does justice to the visual splendour of Leighton House, the Kensington home and studio of 19th century painter Frederic, Lord Leighton in West London.
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Can foreign policy be humanity first?

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By Niaz Alam 
| Dhaka Tribune
As the ecosystems on which we all depend are being made more vulnerable by climate change and resource conflicts, the need for co-operation is more vital than ever. Yet, at the same moment, the international system is becoming less effective -- or to be more accurate -- even more ineffectual, than ever, at meeting the needs of a world of eight billion people hoping for peace and prosperity.
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Do Games of Thrones Ever End?

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By Niaz Alam 
| Counterpoint BD
Nothing in recent geopolitical trends suggests pressures on Bangladesh’s economy are going to get simpler. Everything points to a need to accept that simply returning to the status quo will be insufficient. The economy must exceed both performance and expectations of the past if the nation is ever to hope to catch up with its competitors.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

Interviewing Ian Hislop at Spitting Image in early 1986 for Polygon (i got a coach fare paid from Birmingham to pre Wharf Docklands London

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, seems like yesterday

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Cameron Colley, by Iain Banks in Complicty

Awards

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Hon. Secretary Foreign Press Association (London) Committee 2018 and 2019

2019 - Hon. Secretary
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Judging panel member

FPA Media Awards

Several years since 2016

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Judge Sustainable and ESG Investment Awards

2019 - Judge

Judging panel for Investment Week Sustainable and ESG Investment Awards 2017/18/19

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