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● Severe Gas Crisis Paralyzes Ctg: Stoves go off, industrial output declines ● Washington declares emergency over wildfires ● Move underway to bring back Benazir from Dubai: Home Minister ● Green chili prices to ease within 2-5 days ● Adabar murder: Expelled BNP leader sent to jail ● Govt under pressure to raise edible oil prices ● Measles crisis: 4 more deaths reported, national tally reaches 844

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]

When 'Amendment' serves, 'Reform' becomes redundant

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Amendments are not timid marginal notes but the careful illumination of a living constitutional text, refining without rupture and preserving continuity over reckless reinvention. Where sweeping reform risks institutional amnesia, amendment reflects juridical prudence by cultivating endurance, tending roots rather

Pump closures lay bare cracks in fuel distribution system

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

In the wake of US-Israeli war on Iran, the widespread closure and restricted operations of petrol pumps have exposed a complex nexus of retail level supply constraints, regulatory enforcement gaps and demand driven volatility.A field observation across the High Court

Tk4,136cr earmarked for 36 priority interventions in edn

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The government finalised a 180-day action plan for the education sector combining immediate welfare interventions with medium term structural reforms aimed at modernisation, digital integration and equitable access.The programme, aligned with electoral commitments of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), prioritises

Fuel crunch hits ride-sharing drivers hard

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

In recent years, motorcycle ride-sharing services have become a lifeline for urban commuters and a key source of income for many in Dhaka. But a month-long disruption in fuel supply, reportedly linked to global energy market instability, has left drivers

How deep the Deep State's roots in Bangladesh?

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Since the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government on August 5, 2024, some in her party claimed that the student movement was an eyewash driven by a deep state working behind the scenes. Recently Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, a former adviser

Govt eyes partial online classes in edn instts amid energy crisis

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has begun to strain Bangladesh's energy sector, prompting the government to consider a set of cost effective measures, including partial online classes in educational institutions, to manage rising demand.Officials said the pressure has

Non-functional ACC hinders filing many sensitive cases

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is facing a procedural deadlock in initiating prosecutions against many sensitive persons including former DGFI Director General Lt Gen Retd Sheikh Mamun Khaled and his wife despite sufficient and irrefutable evidence, as the commission remains

Abolition of lottery-based school admission evokes debate

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The government's decision to abolish the long-standing lottery based school admission system has ignited a contentious national debate, with educationists, rights advocates and guardians raising serious constitutional, pedagogical and governance concerns.Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon defended the move, stating,

Every childhood window deserves unitary education

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

I like to begin with a story that lingers in the memory, drawn from Sunil Ganguly's Itihasher Swapno Bhongo (Breaking the Dream of History), set against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall.Two houses facing each other across

14-party partners trying to resume activities

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The Awami League led 14 -party alliance, once a dominant political coalition in Bangladesh, now faces an uncertain future as its partners cautiously attempt to regain political footing after the dramatic collapse of the former ruling order. After one and