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HEADLINE

● Capital market to change within one year: Finance Minister ● 4 journalists among 10 injured in Chhatra Dal attack at RU ● 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

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]

Dhaka 5 electorate wants end to gas, water crisis

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

As the countdown to the 13th National Parliament election gathers pace, the alleys and intersections of Dhaka 5, one of the capital's strategic gateways, have turned the constituency into a neighbourhood of banners, festoons and billboards of aspiring candidates.Covering Jatrabari

Digital campaigns, theme songs take centre stage

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Bangladesh is preparing for its 13th National Parliament election and national referendum on February 12, entering one of the most tightly regulated and digitally driven electoral cycles in its history. With posters banned, motorcades restricted, and social media campaigns dominating,

JP battles splits, legal fights

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

With the 13th National Parliament elections fast approaching, Bangladesh's political parties have launched full-scale vote-hunt mode. In this high-stakes race, the Jatiya Party (JP)-long a key swing player-finds itself wrestling with internal rifts, legal wrangles and an unsettled political landscape.The

BD out, Scotland in

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

In an unprecedented turn for Bangladeshi cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Scotland will replace Bangladesh in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026. The decision follows the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)'s refusal to participate according to the

Tough battles ahead for JP

Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan

Jatiya Party, led by Chairman GM Quader, has entered the campaign trail for the upcoming 13th National Parliament elections with candidates in 196 constituencies, with several of its top leaders and heavyweight nominees facing highly competitive multi-cornered contests, even as

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,