Raihan Ahamed is a Program Coordinator under the Governance and Politics cluster at BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University.
Prior to joining BIGD, Raihan worked in Environmental Conservation Management Consultants Ltd. (ECOMAC) as a Geographic Information System (GIS) Assistant. He joined BIGD as a Research Assistant in 2015 under the then Urban, Climate Change and Environment (UCCE) cluster. He was engaged with one of the institute’s flagship research publications, The State of Cities (SOC) from 2015 to 2018.
Raihan completed his M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Geography and Environment from Jahangirnagar University.
Date: 2026
Author(s): Nur, Jahid; Ananna, Rabeena Sultana; Sharmila, Nowshin; and Ahmed, Raihan
Publisher: Development in Practice
Date: 2025
Author(s): Hassan, Mirza M.; Aziz; Syeda Salina; Shahan, Asif; Proma, Aishwarya Sanjukta Roy; Nur, Jahid; Tasnim, Sumaiya; and Ahamed, Raihan Type: Working Paper
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2025
Author(s): Hossain, Shanawez; Ahamed, Raihan
Publisher: Springer
Date: 2024
Author(s): Nazneen, Sohela; Ahamed, Raihan; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Joshi, Anuradha; Loureiro, Miguel; Nampoothiri, Niranjan J.; Nur, Jahid; Sharmila, Nowshin; Ananna, Rabeena; Zaman, Shahaduz
Publisher: Institute of Development Studies
Date: 2022
Author(s): Ahamed, Raihan; Khan, Insiya
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2022
Author(s): Hassan, M. Manzurul; Shaha, Anamika; Ahamed, Raihan
Topic(s): Climate Change
Publisher: Springer
Date: 2020
Author(s): Siddiquee, Muhammad Shahadat Hossain; Ahamed, Raihan
Topic(s): Climate Change, Cities
Publisher: Environmental Processes
Date: 2018
Author(s): Markony, Gazi Arafat Uz Zaman; Zahan, Iffat; Zillur, Kaneta; Hoque, Md. Mahan Ul; Hasan, Md. Mahbub; Hossain, Md. Shanawez; Islam, Mohammad Sirajul; Ahamed, Raihan; Talukder, Sumaiya Kabir; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Ahmed, Nazneen
Topic(s): Governance, Cities
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2018
Author(s): Hossain, Md. Shanawez; Arafat, S M; Ahmed, Raihan
Topic(s): Cities
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2017
Author(s): Hassan, M. Manzurul; Ahamed, Raihan
Publisher: Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Date: 2017
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Hossain, Shanawez; Islam, Mohammad Sirajul; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Hoque, Md. Mahan Ul; Ahamed, Raihan; Zaman, Nabila; Nadim, Nadir Shah; Ahmed, Nazneen
Topic(s): Cities, Governance and Politics
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2017
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Hossain, Shanawez; Islam, Mohammad Sirajul; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Hoque, Md. Mahan Ul; Ahamed, Raihan; Zaman, Nabila; Nadim, Nadir Shah; Ahmed, Nazneen
Topic(s): Cities, Governance and Politics
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2016
Author(s): Hossain, Md. Shanawez; Markony, Gazi Arafat Uz Zaman; Ahamed, Raihan
Topic(s): Governance and Politics
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2016
Author(s): Hasan, Bayazid; Arafat, S M Gubair Bin; Hoque, Md Mahan Ul; Islam, Mohammad Sirajul; Shah, Nadir; Hossain, Md Shanawez; Rahman, AKM Fazlur; Ahamed, Raihan; Markony, Gazi Arafat Uz Zaman; Hasan, Md Mahbub; Zaman, Nabila; Talukder, Sumaiya Kabir
Topic(s): Cities, Governance and Politics
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2015
Author(s): Markony, Gazi Arafat Uz Zaman; Islam, Mohammad Sirajul; Ahamed, Raihan; Arafat, S M Gubair Bin; Talukder, Sumaiya Kabir; Nadim, Nadir Shah
Topic(s): Cities, Governance and Politics
Publisher: BIGD
Year: 2025
Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Social Transformation
Year: 2025
Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Social Transformation
Year: 2025
Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Social Transformation
Year: 2020
Topic(s): Macroeconomics
Year: 2016
Topic(s): Climate Change, Cities
Year: 2017
Topic(s): Cities
Year: 2019
Topic(s): Cities, Governance and Politics
Gen Z-led protests across the Global South challenge authoritarian regimes, driven by corruption, inequality, and digital activism, signaling a generational shift reshaping political dissent and democratic aspirations worldwide.
গণভোট মূলত রাষ্ট্রীয় বা সাংবিধানিক গুরুত্বসম্পন্ন কোনো বিষয়ে জনগণের মতামত জানার একটি প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক পদ্ধতি। তবে বাংলাদেশের বাস্তবতায় প্রশ্ন থেকে যায়, আমাদের সমাজে প্রয়োজনীয় নাগরিক শিক্ষা, তথ্যপ্রবাহ ও প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক সক্ষমতা গড়ে উঠেছে কিনা, যা এই ধরনের একটি প্রক্রিয়াকে অর্থবহ ও সচেতন অংশগ্রহণের মাধ্যমে সফলভাবে বাস্তবায়ন করতে পারে?
বিশ্বব্যাংকের ২০২৩ সালের তথ্য বলছে—যানজটের কারণে রাজধানী ঢাকায় প্রতিদিন ৩২ লাখ কর্মঘণ্টা নষ্ট হচ্ছে এবং অর্থনীতিতে এর ক্ষতির পরিমাণ বছরে প্রায় ১১.৪ বিলিয়ন ডলার, যা দিয়ে প্রতিবছর ৩টি পদ্মা সেতু নির্মাণ করা সম্ভব। গতবছর জুলাই আন্দোলনের পর ঢাকা নগরবাসীদের প্রত্যাশা ছিল অন্তর্বর্তী সরকার এই নগরীর ট্রাফিক ব্যবস্থা ঢেলে সাজাবে।
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz; Asif Shahan, PhD; Taslima Aktar and Raihan Ahamed
Topic(s): Governance and Politics
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz; Asif Shahan, PhD; Raihan Ahamed and Tahrima Binte Tarique
Topic(s): Governance and Politics
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz; Asif Shahan, PhD; Md. Kamruzzaman; Saklain Al Mamun; Raihan Ahamed; Rabeena Sultana Ananna; Inteemum Ahsan; Suranjit Paul and Md. Ashikur Rahman
Topic(s): Governance and Politics
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Asif Shahan, PhD; Taslima Aktar and Raihan Ahamed
Topic(s): Governance and Politics
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz; Raihan Ahamed; Kabita Chowdhury; Taslima Aktar; Saklain Al Mamun; Rabeena Sultana Ananna and Suranjit Paul
Topic(s): Climate Change, COVID-19, Economic Development, Governance and Politics
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz; Raihan Ahamed; Jahid Nur; Rabeena Sultana Ananna and Shahaduz Zaman, PhD
Topic(s): COVID-19
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Mirza M. Hassan, PhD; Syeda Salina Aziz; Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder and Raihan Ahamed
Topic(s): Governance and Politics
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Mehnaz Rabbani; Mohammad Sirajul Islam and Raihan Ahamed
Topic(s): Skills and Jobs, Cities, Economic Development
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Raihan Ahamed; Mohammad Sirajul Islam and Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder
Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Cities
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz; Mohammad Sirajul Islam and Raihan Ahamed
Topic(s): Cities
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Mohammad Sirajul Islam and Raihan Ahamed
Topic(s): Cities, Governance and Politics
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Mohammad Sirajul Islam and Raihan Ahamed
Topic(s): Cities
RPG is a flagship program of BIGD, which aims to re-establish the relationship of trust and partnership between researchers and policymakers to build institutional capacity and produce rigorous research, consequently uplifting the quality of evidence-based decision and policy-making in Bangladesh. Currently, RPG is conducting studies on digital literacy and access to public service delivery, social accountability in social safety nets, and citizen’s experience with land services.
