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Bangladesh erupts in protests after July uprising leader Sharif Osman Hadi dies

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20.12.2025

Dhaka: Massive protests erupted across Bangladesh, including in Dhaka and Chattogram, following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a key organiser of last year’s July uprising. Hadi, the convener of Inquilab Mancha, died in Singapore while undergoing treatment for a gunshot wound to the head sustained earlier this month.

Singapore’s foreign ministry confirmed his death, stating that despite extensive medical intervention, Hadi succumbed to his injuries. “Despite the best efforts of the doctors…, Mr (Sharif Osman) Hadi succumbed to his injuries,” Singapore’s foreign affairs ministry, in a statement, said.

Hadi’s death triggered immediate unrest, with demonstrators taking to the streets and targeting media houses and political establishments.

In Dhaka, mobs reportedly vandalised the offices of leading........

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