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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]

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

Institutional uncertainty at ACC over three key resignations

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has fallen into institutional uncertainty following the resignation of Chairman Dr Mohammad Abdul Momen and commissioners Mohammad Ali Akbar Azizi and retired Brigadier General Hafiz Ahsan Farid on March 3. Their departure has left the statutory

Ordinance Overhang

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The first session of the 13th National Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad) is set to commence on March 12, and the legislative agenda that awaits the newly elected government is unprecedented in scale. Law Minister Md. Asaduzzaman assured that all 133 Ordinances

EC all set to hold election before Eid

Walid Khan, Hasib Murad and Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The Election Commission of Bangladesh has begun preparations to hold elections for the 50 reserved women's seats in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, aiming to complete the process before Eid-ul-Fitr, officials said. The vote will take place within the constitutionally mandated