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]
As we welcome the new year 2025 today, we may reflect on the extra-ordinarily eventful year for the nation that had just passed. The most striking event was the Students-People's uprising, also known as the July Revolution that resulted in August 5, 2024, when prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned after dictating the country for over fifteen ...
Investigators are yet to confirm if the fire at the Bangladesh Secretariat, the country's administrative nerve centre and a Key Point Installation (KPI) area, was a sabotage or an accident.The fire at the Secretariat, has raised serious concerns among political leaders, administrative officials and people from various professions, many of whom suspect it was a ...
The investigation of the sensational journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case was transferred from the Detective Branch (DB) to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and later to the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) due to the high-profile nature of the case. The submission date for the investigation report on the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar ...
Audio-video recording of police interrogation during remand of suspected accused at police stations and in custody of other law enforcing agencies may significantly contribute to reducing the viciousness of torture and demand for bribe from the persons detained. The presence of lawyers of the accused during the questioning of the suspect or the accused may ...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has yet to appoint a new chairman over a month after the previous chairman stepped down on October 29. The ACC has been unable to take action on new inquiries, and approve cases and charge sheets against corruption without its chairman and two commissioners.New inquiries and approvals for cases and charge ...
There is a sense of panic among common people in Dhaka as innumerable robberies have taken place in the capital recently. Only 50 victims have complained, so far, to the police station. A significant portion of the firearms and ammunition looted from police establishments during the recent uprising is yet to be recovered, raising concerns about ...
Extortionists have become active once again in the country's transportation, wholesale markets and even footpaths as transport company owners and political leaders allegedly started forcibly collecting tolls in Dhaka as elsewhere across the country.The power shift has also introduced new actors into the scene of extortion. Illegal occupation of footpaths by hawkers has turned these ...
Armed Police Battalion (APBN) and Aviation Security (AVSEC) face each other over security arrangements at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. APBN members were not allowed to perform their duties in the apron area of the airport in Dhaka.The Armed Police Battalion filed a general diary on October 29 with Airport Police Station against the Aviation ...
The high-speed battery-powered rickshaws and easy bikes are causing traffic disorder, road accidents on the mega city Dhaka. Drivers and passengers of other vehicles mainly private cars, as well as police officers have reported increasing concerns about the disorder caused by these three-wheelers.Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has given permission for battery-powered rickshaws and easy ...
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. 
