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HEADLINE

● Wing Commander Saifur sent to jail over BNP leader Iliyas Ali disappearance ● Cox’s Bazar airport to begin int'l operations by Oct: Aviation Minister ● Fake group emailed extortion threats to embassies: DB chief ● Police detain 2 over murder of 4 in Rangpur ● Gas shortage triggers frequent power cuts across Dhaka ● PM asks giving priority to merit in promotion of forces ● ‘Ghost’ sighted at Adamjee EPZ, mass illness hits factory

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Staff Reporter and in-charge, Rights and Justice

Ahasan is the Staff Reporter focused on politics, human rights, law and crime issues at the Daily Observer since February ’2018. He is also a practicing lawyer and film researcher.
Ahasan can be reached at [email protected]

Abuse behind madrasa walls must be stopped (Part I)

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

For more than a decade, Bangladesh has seen recurring reports of children being sexually harassed, brutally beaten and psychologically abused in madrasas, followed by public outrage but little correction and reforms. Weak monitoring, absence of reliable annual statistics and limited

Journalists Defend Rights for All, Who Defends Their Rights?

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Bangladesh’s journalists face job insecurity, unpaid wages, delayed Wage Board implementation and contractual employment, despite their legal status as workers. Even after the July uprising, they largely remained silent over their own rights, raising a stark question: who will speak

Govt steps in as protests over recruitment spread

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The recruitment of field-level data collectors and supervisors for the much-discussed Family Card programme has come under growing scrutiny, prompting the Social Welfare Ministry to suspend or cancel results in some areas and order re-verification amid allegations of irregularities and

Allegations of corruption, nepotism galore

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Serious allegations of corruption, irregularities, nepotism and political patronage have marred the recruitment of supervisors and data collectors for the government's 2026 Family Card Census programme across the country.Particularly serious allegations have surfaced in Bogura, where job seekers claim the

The cost, fall-out of battery-run auto boom (Part II)

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

A capital is more than a city; it is a nation's face, conscience and the clearest expression of its identity. Dhaka, the heart of Bangladesh, now bears the scars of mounting disorder. Nothing illustrates this more starkly than the unchecked

They Have Rights Too

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Leonardo da Vinci once predicted that a day would come when men would regard the killing of animals as they now regard the killing of their own kind. Mahatma Gandhi went further, insisting that the moral standing of a nation

The cost, fall-out of battery-run vehicle boom (Part I)

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Female Doms is a must for the Autopsy of deceased Women

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

There is a quiet irony in a nation that celebrates women's achievements in life, yet leaves their dignity unguarded in death. Bangladesh proudly counts its female parliamentarians, garment workers and grassroots entrepreneurs among the symbols of its progress. Yet behind

Speculations, allegations, realities haunting ex-president Shahabuddin

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

On Friday, 24 July, a chapter of Bangladesh's constitutional history quietly closed when Md. Sahabuddin submitted his resignation to Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed. It was an unceremonious departure, but its repercussions have been far from quiet. He left Bangabhaban one

July unity now divided into groups, its spirit remains elusive

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

In July 2024, students and citizens from every walk of life stood together against authoritarianism, discrimination and corruption, transforming a quota-reform protest into a mass uprising that ended more than 15 years of Awami League rule. Two years on, that