Critically injured Bangladesh uprising leader dies in Singapore, Yunus urges citizens to maintain peace

Sharif Osman Hadi, a salient person of the July Uprising who was changeable past week, died connected Thursday (December 18, 2025) portion undergoing attraction astatine a Singapore infirmary aft warring for his beingness for six days.

Hadi, besides a campaigner successful the scheduled February 12 wide elections, was changeable successful the caput by masked gunmen connected Friday arsenic helium initiated his predetermination run astatine cardinal Dhaka’s Bijoynagar area.

The interim authorities of Muhammad Yunus connected Monday sent Hadi to Singapore successful an aerial ambulance for precocious attraction arsenic doctors successful Dhaka described his information “extremely critical”.

In a televised code to the federation precocious Thursday night, Chief Adviser Yunus announced Hadi's decease and promised swift enactment to drawback his killers.

"Today, I came earlier you with precise heartbreaking news. Sharif Osman Hadi, the fearless frontline combatant of the July Uprising and spokesperson of the Inqilab Mancha, is nary much among us," Mr. Yunus said.

He vowed to bring those progressive successful this brutal execution to justness quickly, saying, “No leniency volition beryllium shown" to the killers.

“I sincerely telephone upon each citizens – support your patience and restraint,” helium said.

"Let instrumentality enforcement agencies and different applicable organisations person the accidental to transportation retired investigations with professionalism," helium said, adding that the authorities is afloat committed to establishing the regularisation of law.

Hundreds of students and radical gathered astatine the capital's Shahbagh intersection adjacent Dhaka University field pursuing the announcement of Hadi's decease and chanted slogans like "Who are you, who americium I – Hadi, Hadi".

A pupil group, called Jatiya Chhatra Shakti, brought retired a mourning procession connected the Dhaka University field and marched to Shahbagh to articulation the demonstration.

The Chhatra Shakti burnt an effigy of the location adviser, demanding his resignation for nonaccomplishment to apprehension Hadi’s killers.

Prothom Alo’s bureau attacked successful Shahbagh

A radical of people, believed to beryllium portion of the protesters, attacked Bangla paper Prothom Alo’s bureau astatine the capital's Karwan Bazar, adjacent the Shahbagh intersection.

Reports said they vandalised respective floors portion journalists and unit of the paper were trapped inside. The mob ignited a occurrence successful beforehand of the building.

"Several 100 demonstrators reached the Prothom Alo bureau astir 11 p.m. and aboriginal surrounded the building,” a witnesser said.

It remained unclear wherefore the newspaper, known for its passive enactment for Mr.Yunus and his interim government, came nether attack. The Daily Star newspaper's gathering was besides attacked by a radical of protesters successful Dhaka.

In his address, the main advisor called Hadi an “enemy to the defeated forces and fascist terrorists", successful an evident notation to deposed premier curate Sheikh Hasina’s present disbanded Awami League.

“Their evil efforts to frighten the revolutionaries volition beryllium wholly thwarted,” helium added.

Mr. Yunus said Hadi's decease has caused an irreparable nonaccomplishment to the country’s governmental and antiauthoritarian sphere.

“I commune for the eternal bid of his departed psyche and convey my deepest sympathy to his bereaved wife, household members, relatives and colleagues,” helium said.

He besides said that the authorities volition instrumentality work for the woman and lone kid of Hadi, who was a frontline person of past year’s protests that toppled Hasina’s authorities connected August 5, 2024.

State mourning

The main advisor declared a one-day authorities mourning connected Saturday (December 20, 2025), saying the nationalist emblem volition beryllium hoisted astatine half-mast successful each government, semi-government, autonomous offices, acquisition institutions, authorities and backstage buildings, and Bangladesh missions abroad.

He said peculiar prayers seeking forgiveness for Hadi’s psyche volition beryllium organised successful each mosque crossed the state aft Friday prayers.

"No 1 tin halt the antiauthoritarian advancement of this state done threat, violent activities oregon bloodshed," helium said, adding that the work of realising Hadi's imagination lies connected the shoulders of the full nation.

"Let america beryllium patient, not perceive to propaganda and rumours, and refrain from immoderate rash decisions," Mr. Yunus said and urged his countrymen to stay united.

Hadi’s decease came hours aft his household consented to a country to beryllium performed successful Singapore arsenic a last-ditch effort to prevention his life.

The Mancha earlier warned it would signifier a sit-in protestation astatine Shahbagh intersection until the attackers were arrested.

"If the slayer flees to India, they indispensable beryllium arrested and brought backmost astatine immoderate outgo done discussions with the Indian government," it said.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its rival Jamaat-e-Islami excessively mourned Hadi's death.

The location advisor earlier announced a reward of Taka 50 lakh for clues starring to the apprehension of Hadi’s suspected assailants. Police person arrested the premier fishy Foysal Karim Masud’s parents, woman and a pistillate friend.