New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Dhaka is once again witnessing violence after Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent leader of Bangladesh's student uprising last year, was shot by unidentified assailants in the nation's capital last week and later succumbed to his injuries in Singapore.

"Despite the best efforts of the doctors from SGH and the National Neuroscience Institute, Mr Hadi succumbed to his injuries on 18 December 2025," read a statement from the Foreign Ministry in Singapore.

Sharif Osman Hadi had emerged as a key figure in the student uprising in Bangladesh last year - which ultimately led to the ousting of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He was a senior leader of the student protest group Inqilab Moncho. Widely described as a...