US EditionProtesters storm offices of leading Bangladesh dailies after a 2024 uprising activist dies
Violent protests erupted after Sharif Osman Hadi's death, with major media buildings torched and attacks nationwide, prompting government deployment of army and arrests of 14 suspects.
- On December 19, 2025, nationwide protests erupted after Sharif Osman Hadi died in Singapore General Hospital on Thursday, December 18, with thousands in Dhaka demanding justice.
- After the December 12 attack, Sharif Osman Hadi was airlifted to Singapore and transferred to Singapore General Hospital's Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit on December 15.
- Video shows flames at The Daily Star and Prothom Alo offices as at least 25 journalists were rescued after nearly four hours of chaos, with reporters describing suffocation inside.
- Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus announced one day of state mourning on Saturday, ordered flags at half-mast, and vowed that `no leniency will be shown` to perpetrators.
- Supporters alleged the killers fled to India and protesters staged demonstrations outside the Indian Assistant High Commission, Chattogram, while demonstrators chanted anti-India slogans and attacked Awami League offices across cities.
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Protests escalate in Bangladesh after death of student leader Hadi
By News AgenciesPublished On 19 Dec 202519 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareDemonstrators gathered throughout Bangladesh for a second consecutive day demanding justice for Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent figure in last year’s pro-democracy movement who died Thursday in a Singapore hospital after being shot by masked gunmen.The 32-year-old student leader, an outspoken critic of India, was attacked while exiting a mosque in Dha…
In Bangladesh, violent protests have once again flared up: after the murder of an activist, demonstrators set fire in two media houses, accusing them of being close to India, where the assassins are said to have fled.
Yunus Govt deliberately provoking violence to delay polls, trying to instigate India: Ex-Bangladesh Minister
Former Bangladesh minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury alleged that the interim Yunus government is fuelling violence to delay elections, claiming attacks on Indian missions and media houses were planned and state-backed, following the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadin.
The 32-year-old protagonist of the protests against Sheik Hasina, founder of the Inqilab Moncho movement, died in Singapore for a gunshot to the head. The suspect would have fled to India. Hundreds vandalized the offices of Prothom Alo and DailyStar in Dhaka.Muhammad Yunus: "Assault to independent media and democratic progress."
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