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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]

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

Let all flowers be blossomed

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

More than six decades ago, Pete Seeger's song 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone' asked a question that still echoes: when will humanity ever learn? A child's smile, the purest symbol of hope, is fading in bombed homes, dormitories, migration

Moral policing on the rise

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

An Ansar member's reported admission on June 24 this year to taking part in ‘policing’ at Dhaka's Ramna Park has thrown fresh light on Bangladesh's expanding culture of moral policing, where individuals and groups enforce self-defined codes of morality outside

Custodial, prison deaths: A prism to evaluate

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

On 21 June, Mirza Ishtiaq Ahmed Prant, a former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader and law student from Faridpur, left home and never returned. Hours later, he was found dead in custody. His family's torture allegations and the authorities' denial

Major curriculum overhaul on the cards

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

As Bangladesh prepares for one of the most significant overhauls of its education system, the government is planning a curriculum that aims to shift learning beyond examinations and memorisation. Scheduled for full implementation in 2028, the proposed framework seeks to

Once an Icon, NSU now a sanctuary for corruption, sex scandals, militancy [Part 3]

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

North South University (NSU), the country’s first private university, ought to be a symbol of academic ambition and institutional integrity. Founded in 1992 with 137 students under a mandate rooted in “philanthropic, charitable, non-political, non-profit and non-commercial purposes,” NSU today

Once an icon, NSU now a sanctuary for corruption, sex scandals, militancy [Part 2]

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Once an icon NSU now a sanctuary for corruption, sex scandals, militancy [Part-1]

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

North South University (NSU), the country’s first private university, ought to be a symbol of academic excellence and institutional integrity.Founded in 1992, country’s first private university, with 137 students under a mandate and vision of “philanthropic, charitable, non-political, non-profit and