Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- Bangladesh's interim chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, has met the family of Sharif Osman Hadi, a political activist and prospective parliamentary candidate who was critically wounded in a shooting widely seen as a test of the country's fragile post-uprising transition.

The meeting took place on Saturday morning at the state guest house Jamuna, where Yunus spoke with Hadi's brother Abu Bakar Siddique, his sister Masuma, and senior figures from the Inqilab Mancha platform, which emerged as a key force during the July uprising.

Yunus assured the family that the government was taking all possible steps to ensure Hadi received the best available medical treatment. He said the entire country was praying for his recov...