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No funeral prayer for Osman Hadi in Singapore, body to be flown back on Friday

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- Although the first funeral prayer for Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman Hadi was scheduled to held in Singapore, the Bangladesh High Commission has said the service will not go ah... Read More


Govt condemns mob violence, vows justice for attacks on journalists

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- The interim government has urged citizens to resist all forms of mob violence and has condemned acts of intimidation, arson and destruction of property, describing the current period... Read More


Authorities halt DU science unit admission, UGC recruitment tests

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- The admission test for Dhaka University's science unit (Ka unit) and recruitment tests for the posts of assistant director and assistant secretary at the University Grants Commission... Read More


Tarique mourns Hadi, decries killing as 'political conspiracy'

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- Tarique Rahman has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman bin Hadi, describing the killing as a "conspiracy-driven political murder". In a ... 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


Protesters block Shahbagh again to call for justice for Hadi's murder

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- Protesters have once again blocked Dhaka's Shahbagh intersection to call for justice following the death of Inqilab Moncho leader Sharif Osman Hadi. They gathered at the intersectio... Read More


Family calls for memorial to slain activist Osman Hadi at Shahbagh

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- The family of Sharif Osman Hadi, the Inqilab Moncho convenor who died after being shot in Dhaka, has called for a memorial to be built in his honour at Shahbagh. After news of Hadi'... Read More


Former minister Bir Bahadur's house torched in Bandarban

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- A house belonging to former Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing has been set on fire in the Bandarban. The fire broke out at the residence in the Rajar Ma... 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


'They burnt my child's school': Shock and anger after vandals attack Chhayanaut

Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- Inqilab Moncho leader Sharif Osman Hadi harboured an avid interest in poetry. He had founded the Inqilab Cultural Centre and often recited the works of Bangladesh's rebel poet, Kazi ... Read More