Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- In a clarion call amid nighttime unrest, the post-uprising government urges citizens to resist "mob violence" as it warns acts of intimidation, arson and lynching threaten to derail Bangladesh's fragile democratic transition.

In a statement released Friday following overnight ordeals, the government condemned what it described as violence carried out by "a few fringe elements" aside protests over the killing of July warrior Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi.

The interim administration of Prof Muhammad Yunus, urges the public to denounce hatred and incitement in the name of honouring the memory of Shaheed Hadi, a key figure in the July mass uprising who was killed in a daylight gun attack launched earlier this month.

"We stron...