Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- The body of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of the right-wing Inqilab Moncho, arrived in Dhaka on Friday evening from Singapore, with his funeral set to be held on Saturday afternoon. Security was tightened across the Bangladesh capital and elsewhere following a night of violence amid protests over his death.
Hadi's body was flown aboard a Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight from Singapore.
Leaders of the BNP, Jamaat, NCP and other parties, along with government officials, paid tributes at Hadi's coffin at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Airport Armed Police and members of the military were deployed both inside and outside the terminal to maintain law and order.
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