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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]

Book festival fizzles as textbooks miss deadline

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Bangladesh's much-touted tradition of handing out free textbooks on the first day of the academic year-popularly branded as the book festival-has collapsed yet again in 2026, laying bare chronic administrative failures at the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) and

When and how immunities shield violence

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

I would like to begin this write-up with the words of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who cautioned, “Impunity can and has, contributed to renewed conflict. We must be wise enough to recognize, respect, and protect the independence of justice.”

Govt inaction on DCU Ordinance puts public into sufferings

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The interim government's delay in promulgating the long-promised ordinance for Dhaka Central University (DCU) has sparked widespread public inconvenience, as student blocked streets in the capital for the second day on Thursday demanding government gazette notification. Citizens are facing mounting

NCP struggles with ideological split after mass exits

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

National Citizen Party (NCP), born out of the July mass uprising with the promise of a new political settlement based on centrist, reform-oriented politics, is now facing a severe organisational and ideological crisis. A wave of high-profile resignations has destabilised

BNP's rainbow nation discourse: Chasing colours in a divided sky

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Each of us is as intimately connected to the soil of this beautiful country … which is called a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world. �Nelson MandelaA rainbow, an arch of seven colours, symbolises unity, hope,

NCP in deep soup over Jamaat alliance

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Since the collapse of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024, Bangladesh's political landscape has shifted dramatically. One of the most significant developments was the formation of the National Citizen Party (NCP) on February 28, 2025, led by youth

From pitch to political crisis: Fraying Bangladesh–India cricket diplomacy

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Cricket has long been celebrated as “the game of Lords and the Lord of games,” a sporting tradition anchored in etiquette, restraint, and the normative ideals of fair play. Marketed historically as the “Gentleman’s Game,” cricket was intended to embody

NCTB changes historical, political narratives in textbooks

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has carried out extensive revisions to Bangladesh's school textbooks for the 2026 academic year, triggering widespread public discussion over significant changes to the country's historical and political narratives. Among the most notable revisions

HR crisis deepens as violence surge in 2025: Rights watchdogs

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

The year 2025, governed entirely by the interim administration, witnessed a dramatic deterioration in law and order and human rights, according to multiple human rights organizations, including Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), the Manabadhikar Shongskriti Foundation (MSF), and the Human