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● Nasiruddin Patwari attacked in Kushtia ● Govt preparing master plans for every city corporation, district: PM ● 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

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]

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

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

School-hour congestion exposes planning failures

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Every school day, roads around some of Dhaka’s busiest educational institutions descend into gridlock as hundreds of private vehicles converge to drop off and collect students, exposing a transport crisis that experts say stems from years of poor planning, weak

Leaderless ACC, files pile up

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

More than three months after Bangladesh’s top anti-corruption watchdog was left without leadership, steps toward institutional renewal have finally begun, although critics say the process has been slow.On June 15, the government formed a five-member Search Committee to recommend candidates