Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: Day after services halted, Indian high commissioner visits Dhaka visa centre
Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: Security forces control a group of people who arrived to participate in the funeral prayers for leading Bangladeshi activist Sharif Osman Hadi, who died from gunshot wounds sustained in an attack in Dhaka earlier this month. (AP Photo)
Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma visited Dhaka’s visa office at Jamuna Future Park on Monday to review the visa services. Though the visa application centre at Chattogram remain temporarily suspended following a mob attack at the entrance of the Assistant High Commission of India on December 18. Earlier, the central leader of the National Citizens Party (NCP) workers’ organisation, Md. Motaleb Sikder (42) was shot at in Khulna on Monday, according to Prothom Alo. Sikder serves as the Khulna divisional chief of the NCP and a central organiser of NCP Sramik Shakti. Reportedly, his party was set to hold a divisional labour rally in Khulna in a few days, and he was working on that.
Sheikh Hasina blames interim govt for spiral of violence: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has blamed the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government for failing to maintain law and order, following the killing of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi. “This tragic killing reflects the lawlessness that uprooted my government and has multiplied under Yunus,” she said. “Violence has become the norm while the interim government either denies it or is powerless to stop it.”
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Protests in Dhaka: Bangladesh has seen renewed unrest following the December 12 shooting of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi. His death triggered protests across the country. In Dhaka, incidents of arson were reported at the offices of newspapers Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, and at the home of a former minister from the Sheikh Hasina government. The residence of India’s Assistant High Commissioner in Chattogram was also attacked. Sharif Osman Hadi, 32, was a spokesperson of the student-led group Inqilab Mancha. The country is also observing a day of state mourning following the death of Hadi, who was one of the prominent leaders of the student-led protests last year, which led to the ouster of the prime minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5, 2024.
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