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HEADLINE

● UK envoy meets PM, discusses bilateral ties ● Speaker leaves Dhaka for IPU conference ● LPG price rises in market ● BNP and Jamaat-backed lawyers clash at Dhaka CMM court ● Baridhara crash: Court denies bail to teenager ● Govt to push wage board implementation for journos: State Minister ● Fire breaks out at Gazipur jhut godown

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]

Road safety vital for liveable Dhaka [Part-I]

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Dhaka was once spoken of, without irony, as a city of history, glory and beauty. It is difficult to remember that now. For much of last year, the capital ranked first or second in the world for air pollution on

Turn the 'Fearful Force' into a Force for the People

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

A mother waits outside a thana, not for justice, but to learn whether money will decide her son’s fate. This is the daily grammar of policing in Bangladesh � a force meant to serve citizens that has, for generations, too

Interim govt advisers face fresh ACC scrutiny for graft

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) investigation into former adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan has renewed calls for probes into corruption allegations against advisers and officials of the interim government.Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, citing the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) National Household Survey

NCP, AB Party tread warily to merge

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The proposed merger between the National Citizen Party (NCP) and Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party), once seen as a possible step towards consolidating a new political force, has lost momentum as the two parties remain divided over leadership, organisational structure

Gum, grief and govt’s glaring failure over enforced disappearance

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Somewhere in Bangladesh tonight, a mother is still setting a plate for a son who has not eaten at her table in fourteen years. She does not know whether he is alive or where his remains might be. She only

Nine Years of Exile

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Nine years have passed since more than 750,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar after the military crackdown of August 25, 2017, leaving behind burning homes, dead relatives and a homeland from which they were violently uprooted. Bangladesh opened its border on humanitarian

Abuse behind madrasa walls must be stopped (Part II)

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Across Bangladesh, allegations of rape and other forms of abuse in madrasas continue to emerge, involving both boys and girls. With many institutions outside direct government oversight, weak accountability, social stigma and private settlements continue to leave children vulnerable and

ACC asserts authority, clears first graft case against 10

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

After 166 days of institutional inertia, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has finally signalled a return to action under its new leadership, approving its first corruption case against 10 people, including former Padma Bank managing director and CEO Abdul Motaleb Patwari,

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