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UN rights chief calls for prompt, thorough investigation into Hadi's killing

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has called for a "prompt" and "thorough" investigation into the killing of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi... Read More


Chief justice expresses shock over Osman Hadi's death

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the death of Inqilab Moncho leader Sharif Osman bin Hadi. Osman Hadi died while undergoing treatment in Sing... Read More


'Attack strikes at media freedom', Media Freedom Coalition condemns assaults on newsrooms

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- The Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) has condemned the attacks and arson at the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star following the death of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman bin... Read More


Prothom Alo journalists demand action against perpetrators of 'premeditated' office attack

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- The Bengali daily Prothom Alo has come under an organised attack planned by a vested quarter, the newspaper's Executive Editor Sajjad Sharif has said. He made the comment after atte... Read More


Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman Hadi returns to Bangladesh - in a casket

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- The body of Sharif Osman bin Hadi, convenor of Inqilab Moncho, has been brought back to Bangladesh from Singapore. The Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying his body landed at S... Read More


Inqilab Moncho Convenor Hadi's body will be kept at NICVD

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- Authorities have confirmed the body of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi, who passed away in Singapore while undergoing treatment for injuries suffered in an assassinatio... Read More


Border guards deployed across Dhaka to maintain order

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed at several key locations in Dhaka to help maintain law and order ahead of the arrival of slain political activist Sharif Os... Read More


US, EU express condolences over Osman Hadi's death

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- The United States and European Union missions in Dhaka have expressed condolences over the death of political activist Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, who was shot in the capital last week. ... Read More


Attacks on two leading newspapers amount to an attack on the free press, says CA Yunus

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has spoken to the editors of leading daily newspapers Prothom Alo and The Daily Star over the phone following the attacks on their Dhaka offices. The Ch... Read More


Hadi's death sparks protest outside Indian mission in Chattogram

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- A group of protesters has staged a sit-in outside the Indian Assistant High Commission in Chattogram after news of the death of Sharif Osman bin Hadi, the convenor of Inqilab Moncho.... Read More