Updated: December 20, 2025 12:52 AM IST 
Bangladesh violence HIGHLIGHTS: Bangladesh saw fresh violence and protests overnight after the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a well-known youth leader of the country’s 2024 pro-democracy movement. Hadi died in a hospital in Singapore after being shot in an attack last week. As news of his death spread, thousands of people came out on the streets late Thursday and early Friday. Most protests were seen in Dhaka, but demonstrations also broke out in other parts of the country.
Protesters demanded justice for Hadi and accused powerful groups of being behind the attack. Some angry crowds tried to move toward Indian diplomatic buildings and damaged properties linked to the former ruling Awami League. In the southwestern city of Rajshahi, protesters attempted to march to the office of an Indian diplomat, but police blocked them. Videos shared online showed stone-pelting near the Indian assistant high commission.
In the capital, hundreds of students and citizens gathered at Shahbagh, close to Dhaka University. They raised slogans in Hadi’s name and called him a symbol of the people’s struggle. A student group called Jatiya Chhatra Shakti held a mourning march inside the university campus and later joined the Shahbagh protest.
The National Citizen Party, which emerged from the Students Against Discrimination group that led last year’s violent protests, also joined the demonstrations. Its members raised anti-India slogans and claimed that Hadi’s attackers escaped to India after the shooting. They urged the interim government to shut down the Indian high commission until the suspects are brought back.
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Due to a large-scale attack, vandalism, and arson at the Prothom Alo office last night, it has not been possible to maintain normal operations.
As a result, today’s printed edition of Prothom Alo could not be published. Its online portal is also temporarily unavailable.
We sincerely apologise to our readers for this inconvenience. We are working to restore the damaged technical systems as quickly as possible and will resume publication of Prothom Alo in print and online at the earliest. We seek our readers’ cooperation in this matter.
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