Mamunur Rashid | Daily Observer

HEADLINE

● Division and revenge cannot make a nation strong: Prez ● Bangladesh considers joining Mecca Pact, testing foreign ties: Reuters ● Wife of former President detained ● Humayun Kabir made State Minister per constitution: Law Minister ● Major reshuffle in top police tier ● Follow Prophet's teachings for peaceful nation: PM ● KUET admission test details disclosed

Mamunur Rashid

Senior Staff Reporter

Mamun is the Senior Staff Reporter focused on crime issues at the Daily Observer since March ’2014. Previously, he served as Staff Reporter of the New Nation and bangla Daily Ajkar Kajoj.
Mamun can be reached at [email protected]

Online gambling outruns crackdown

Mamunur Rashid

Law enforcers are struggling to curb a rapidly evolving online gambling industry, as gamblers repeatedly resurrect banned websites and apps under new identities, exploiting loopholes in Bangladesh’s digital enforcement system.Police source told The Daily Observer that about 586 online gambling

UN warns of AQIS bid to build networks in BD

Mamunur Rashid

Bangladesh is facing renewed scrutiny over militant activity after a United Nations report warned that Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) is seeking to establish clandestine networks and safe havens in the country, as intelligence data shows thousands of militants

DNCC engr accused of amassing illegal wealth

Mamunur Rashid

A senior engineer at Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is facing mounting questions over his alleged political connections, rapid career rise and unexplained wealth�even as the government says it wants to remove politically exposed officials from key positions.Khandaker Mahbub Alam,

BSEC faces questions over fast-track promotion move

Mamunur Rashid

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) is facing questions over a reported move to fast-track the promotion of several officials whose original recruitment is under scrutiny by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).The officials, now serving as additional directors, were among

1,318 firearms looted during July Uprising still missing

Mamunur Rashid

More than two years after thousands of firearms were looted from police stations and other security facilities during Bangladesh’s political upheaval in August 2024, authorities are still searching for a significant portion of them.According to data from Police Headquarters, at

683 July jailbreakers still at large

Mamunur Rashid

Nearly two years after prisons were breached during the July Uprising that toppled the Awami League government, 683 of the 2,240 inmates who escaped remain still at large, including death-row convicts and suspected militants.The prison breakouts have left behind a

Digital gamblers target rural youth thru MFS

Mamunur Rashid

The pitch is deceptively simple: deposit a few hundred taka, place a bet and watch your money multiply miraculously.For thousands of young people across Bangladesh particularly in rural areas that promise has become a fast track to debt, addiction, shattered

Mozaffar arrest may shed fresh light

Mamunur Rashid

The arrest of retired Major Mozaffar Hossain, a convicted fugitive in connection with the 1981 assassination of former President and BNP founder Ziaur Rahman, after long 45 years has renewed public attention to one of the country's most debated political

Mass accused, weak evidence stall July Uprising probes

Mamunur Rashid

Investigations into cases filed over last year's July uprising are being hampered by an unprecedented number of accused, weak evidence and inconsistencies in case records, raising fresh concerns over the pace of justice for killings during the movement that led

Tech-savvy fuel pumps cheat motorists

Mamunur Rashid

Meter tampering, short-fueling and fuel quality fraud continue to plague filling stations across Bangladesh despite regular inspections by the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), with unscrupulous operators using increasingly sophisticated technology to shortchange motorists.BSTI-led mobile courts routinely inspect filling