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● HSC, equivalent exams postponed in CTG board areas ● A Leader who connects with children ● Bridge collapse cuts Rangamati-Bandarban road link ● Bandarban extends closure of tourist spots until July 15 ● Bangladesh overhauls savings certificate tax rules ● PM joins Dhaka Medical College's 80th anniv ● Floods-landslides kill 26 in Cox's Bazar

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]

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

Millions of yaba pills reach users daily as trafficking thrives

Mamunur Rashid

Despite years of anti-drug drives and the seizure of nearly 45 crore yaba tablets, between 68.76 lakh and 1.14 crore yaba pills still reach an estimated 22.92 lakh addicts across Bangladesh every day, exposing the vast scale and resilience of

Vicious turf war between gangs stokes crimes

Mamunur Rashid

Political conflicts, the turf war between rival gangs and the control of extortion have led to a big spike in murders, target killings, and the use of illegal weapons across the country.Police Headquarters data shows that of the 915 murder

Lotus Kamal daughter's IDRA project scam

Mamunur Rashid

The Anti-Corruption Commission's (ACC) investigation into allegations that millions of dollars were siphoned off from a foreign-funded Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) project involving companies linked to former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal's daughter Nafisa Kamal has effectively stalled,

Telco oligopoly risks BD digital security

Mamunur Rashid

Bangladesh's digital security and telecom governance framework has come under renewed scrutiny following policy changes that abolished the Interconnection Exchange (ICX) system, raising concerns among industry stakeholders over market concentration, regulatory oversight and national data management.Sector insiders argue that the

BD's digital dream shattered by weak signals

Mamunur Rashid

As Bangladesh prepares to observe World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on May 17 (Sunday), the country's digital ambitions face an uncomfortable contradiction. While millions rely on mobile phones and broadband services every day, internet quality remains among the weakest

AI cameras push drivers to follow rules

Mamunur Rashid

A quiet but visible transformation is unfolding on Dhaka's streets. At intersections once defined by honking, last-second lane cuts and the constant rush to beat the red light, vehicles are now pausing-often patiently-until the signal turns green.The change is being

Captain Emon now wants to be General!

Mamunur Rashid

A fresh wave of violence in Dhaka's underworld has exposed a renewed struggle for dominance, with notorious criminal Sanjidul Islam Emon-long known as Captain-now seeking to establish himself as the city's undisputed General, even whether he operates from prison or

Organised crime surges after political shift

Mamunur Rashid

Dhaka city is witnessing a worrying resurgence of organised crime, with incidents of murder, public shootings, stabbings and extortion increasing more than two decades after the underworld was first brought under control. Law enforcement officials say a weakened law-and-order situation

Law enforcers still clueless in Titon murder

Mamunur Rashid

Law enforcers failed to find out the killers of underworld figure Khandokar Nayeem Ahmed Titon, brutally murdered in the capital's New Market area on the night of 28 April.Yet sources in several agencies are now pointing suspicion towards another don,