Anti-India leader dies

DHAKA, Dec 19
Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent leader of Bangladesh's student uprising last year, has died while undergoing treatment at a Singapore hospital after fighting for his life for six days. Hadi, a spokesperson for the Inquilab Mancha platform and a candidate in the general elections, was shot in the head by masked assailants last week while launching his election campaign in Dhaka.
Late on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry in Singapore said Hadi succumbed to his injuries from an assassination attempt. The interim Government of Muhammad Yunus had sent Hadi to Singapore earlier this week in an air ambulance for advanced treatment after doctors in Dhaka described his condition as "extremely critical".
"Despite the best efforts of the doctors from SGH and the National Neuroscience Institute, Mr Hadi succumbed to his injuries on 18 December 2025," the statement read.
Singapore said it was working to assist the Bangladesh High Commission in Singapore city to repatriate the leader's body to Dhaka.
Soon after the news of the 32-year-old youth leader's death broke, thousands of protesters took to the streets in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh to demand that his killers be arrested. NDTV