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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]

NCP's one year journey from streets to JS

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Born out of the July 2024 student uprising against state job quotas, which escalated into nationwide protests and led to the fall of the Awami League government on 5 August, the National Citizen Party (NCP) recently marked its first anniversary,

Thrust on stopping mobocracy immediately

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

In Bangladesh's turbulent political landscape, newly appointed Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed recently declared that the days of mob culture are over. His pronouncement follows an interregnum marked by mob violence, during which the state's coercive monopoly weakened and streets often

Rising mob violence calls for new laws

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

In contemporary Bangladesh, mob violence has evolved from episodic disorder into a systemic pathology challenging constitutional governance. Streets resemble tribunals, crowds act as judges, and rumor poses as evidence. When enforcement falters through fatigue or ambivalence, collective fury fills the

Ex-interim govt Advisers to face ACC probe

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Advisers of the recently departed interim government led by Muhammad Yunus are under intense scrutiny as the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) receives hundreds of complaints alleging billion-taka corruption, bail trading, judicial manipulation, embezzlement, tender fraud, and illicit foreign deals. Political leaders

Desertion, dilemma overshadow NCP quest for firm footing

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

National Citizen Party (NCP) is moving swiftly to consolidate its organisational strength following its performance in the 13th National Assembly elections, while simultaneously navigating internal dissent and complex political alliances.As part of an 11-party coalition, the NCP secured six out

AL's visibility from obscurity signals new political calculus

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

After 18-month of enforced silence following the August 5, 2024 Mass Uprising and the subsequent ban on its political activities by the interim government, the Awami League and its affiliated organisations are gradually emerging from obscurity.The parliamentary elections on February

NCP-Jamaat's shadow cabinet: Ghosts or guardians?

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

A shadow is the body's most faithful companion, wordless, weightless, and inseparable, proving presence even before touch or speech affirms it. It stretches with motion, contracts with stillness, and in its mute loyalty records every gesture of existence. Much like

Low voter turnout marks Dhaka city polls

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

An overall field assessment across polling stations in the capital indicates comparatively low voter turnout in Dhaka during the 13 national polls on Thursday, with election officials, voters and observers citing procedural unfamiliarity with the referendum ballot, absence of women

Can the 13th election restore public trust?

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The 13th National Parliamentary Election, scheduled for Thursday, was expected to mark a democratic turning point. Emerging from the July-August 2024 mass uprising that ended authoritarian rule, the election-alongside a referendum on the July National Charter-symbolised hopes for renewal, accountability,

Will 13th nat'l election deliver on citizens' hopes?

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The 13th National Parliamentary Election, set against the backdrop of the July-August 2024 mass uprising, is being hailed as a constitutional milestone. With nearly 13 crore registered voters-including 4.4 million casting their ballots for the first time-the election is seen