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The body of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of the right-wing Inqilab Moncho, arrived in Dhaka on Friday evening from Singapore, with his funeral set to be held on Saturday afternoon. Security was tightened across the Bangladesh capital and elsewhere following a night of violence amid protests over his death.
Hadi’s body was flown aboard a Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight from Singapore. Leaders of the BNP, Jamaat, NCP and other parties, along with government officials, paid tributes at Hadi’s coffin at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
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Airport Armed Police and members of the military were deployed both inside and outside the terminal to maintain law and order.
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#WATCH | Bangladesh | Protestors continue with their protests in Shahbagh. They’ve blocked the roads around the Shahbagh intersection and are holding their position there, chanting various slogans.
After the death of Osman Hadi, a key leader in the protests against Sheikh… pic.x.com/AEGdSZPgUX
— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2025
According to the Chief Advisor Mohamed Yunus’ Press Wing, the funeral prayer of Hadi will be held tomorrow at 2pm at the South Plaza of the parliament. Yesterday, Chief Advisor Muhamad Yunus announced a one-day state mourning for Friday as tribute.
শহিদ ওসমান হাদির নামাজে জানাজা আগামীকাল বেলা আড়াইটায়
ঢাকা, ১৯ ডিসেম্বর ২০২৫: আগামীকাল বেলা আড়াইটায় জাতীয় সংসদ ভবনের দক্ষিণ প্লাজায় শহিদ ওসমান হাদির নামাজে জানাজা অনুষ্ঠিত হবে।
শহিদ ওসমান হাদির নামাজে জানাজায় অংশগ্রহণে আগ্রহীদের কোনো প্রকার ব্যাগ বা ভারী বস্তু বহন না করার…
— Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh (@ChiefAdviserGoB) December 19, 2025
Hadi’s body has been kept at the mortuary of the National Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases in Dhaka. The interim government has decided to bury the body of Hadi beside the grave of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
The Inqilab Moncho has announced that there will be no public viewing of Hadi’s body, and people were requested to pray for Hadi while maintaining order.
Meanwhile, protesters continued to block different crossings across the Bangladesh capital since Friday morning, demanding justice for Hadi, who died on Thursday night while undergoing treatment in Singapore.
Hadi, an independent candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, was critically injured when two motor-cycle borne assailants opened fire on him while he was traveling on a rickshaw in Dhaka’s Bijoynagar area, on December 12.
He received a bullet injury to his brain and was flown to Singapore on Monday for treatment. He died on Thursday night at the Singapore General Hospital.
Widespread protests erupted across Dhaka and multiple districts late Thursday night, continuing into the wee hours of Friday, after the news of Hadi’s death spread.
Groups of protesters took to the streets, carrying out acts of vandalism, arson, and attacks on multiple sites in the capital and elsewhere in Bangladesh, leading the authorities to place the police, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and army units on high alert.
The offices of two prominent dailies, The Daily Star in Farmgate, and Prothom Alo in Karwan Bazar, and the Chhayanaut cultural center in Dhanmondi, saw sustained damage from rampant arson and vandalism.
Law enforcement agencies on Friday intensified patrols and deployed additional personnel at sensitive locations.
On Friday, several hundred protesters brought out a procession from Baitul Mukarram mosque after Jumma prayers.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called for a “prompt” and “thorough” investigation into the killing of Hadi.
In a statement issued on Friday, Türk also demanded that the perpetrators of the attack be held accountable following the due process of law. “Retaliation and revenge will only deepen divisions and undermine the rights of all,” Türk was quoted as saying.
On Friday, a group of protesters vandalised and set fire to the Dhaka office of Udichi Shilpigosthi. The incident occurred around 7pm at Udichi’s office on Topkhana Road in the capital’s Shegunbagicha. The fire was later put out.
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