Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: Another student leader shot amid unrest after Hadi’s killing

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Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: 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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Dec 22, 2025 03:11 PM IST
Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: 'Shot on the left side of his head'

The Kaler Kantha newspaper, quoting hospital sources, said Muhammad Motaleb Sikdar was shot on the left side of his head, and was bleeding profusely when he was brought to the facility, where the doctors started emergency treatment, PTI reported.

Dec 22, 2025 03:04 PM IST
Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: 'Attack on democracy itself'

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that this is not only an attack on Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, it is an attack on democracy itself, Protom Alo reported. So, he said all pro-democracy forces must unite to resist this evil force.

Mirza Fakhrul made the remarks while expressing solidarity at a protest rally organised in response to the attacks and arson at the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, as well as the harassment of Nurul Kabir, editor of New Age and president of the Editors’ Council, according to Prothom Alo.

Dec 22, 2025 02:28 PM IST
Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: 17 arrested in connection with attacks on Prothom Alo, The Daily Star

Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: Law enforcement agencies arrested 17 people and identified 31 others in connection with the arson attacks and vandalism at the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner SN Nazrul Islam said that out of the ones arrested, 13 were detained by local police stations, three by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, and one by the Detective Branch (DB), according to The Daily Star.

Dec 22, 2025 02:13 PM IST
Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: The shooters targeted Sikder's head as they fired shots

Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: Miscreants opened fire targeting Mohammad Motaleb Sikder's head at around 11:45 am near Khulna's Gazi Medical College Hospital, The Daily Star reported citing Md Rafikul Islam, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Sonadanga Model Police Station.

Sikder was immediately rushed to Khulna Medical College Hospital in critical condition.

Dec 22, 2025 01:27 PM IST
Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: NCP workers' union central leader shot in Khulna

Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: The central leader of the National Citizens Party (NCP) workers' organization was shot at in Khulna on Monday (Dec 22), according to Prothom Alo reports.

Md. Motaleb Sikder (42) 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.

Dec 22, 2025 01:13 PM IST
Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: 'Hostility manufactured by extremists who the Yunus regime has emboldened,' Hasina on rising anti-India sentiment

Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, in an interview with news agency ANI, said that the "anti-India sentiment" was being manufactured by "extremists who the Yunus regime has emboldened."

"These are the same actors who marched on the Indian embassy and attacked our media offices, who attack minorities with impunity, and who forced my family and me to flee for our lives. Yunus has placed such figures in positions of power and released convicted terrorists from prison," she said.

"India's concerns about the safety of its personnel are justified, I am sorry to say. A responsible government would protect diplomatic missions and prosecute those who threaten them. Instead, Yunus grants immunity to hooligans and calls them warriors," Hasina added.

Dec 22, 2025 12:38 PM IST
Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: B'desh police say no specific information yet on prime suspect in youth leader Hadi killing

Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: Bangladesh Police has said they have no "specific information" on the whereabouts of the prime suspect in the killing of prominent youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi.

The remarks came a day after Hadi's Inqilab Mancha party on Saturday issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the interim government, demanding "visible progress" in the arrest of those responsible for his killing.

Addressing an emergency press conference at the Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday, Additional Inspector General of Police (IGP) Khandaker Rafiqul Islam said law enforcement agencies are actively trying to locate Faisal Karim Masud, identified as the gunman in the shooting, the UNB news agency reported.

“We do not have specific information about Faisal's last location. Our forces and intelligence agencies are working to obtain it,” he said, adding that there was no reliable information suggesting the suspect had left the country.

The IGP cautioned that criminals often spread rumours about their whereabouts. Islam also said no concrete evidence has yet emerged linking any political party to the murder.

"However, efforts are underway to gather accurate data,” he said.

Detective Branch (DB) chief Shafiqul Islam said prima facie, the murder appeared to be politically motivated, as there did not seem to be any personal motive. However, he said, “We are examining all possible angles.” Hadi, a prominent leader of the student-led protests last year that led to the ouster of the prime minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government, was a candidate for the scheduled February 12 general elections.

-PTI

Dec 22, 2025 11:20 AM IST
Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: Sheikh Hasina hits out at Yunus, says India’s concerns over its diplomats’ safety in Bangladesh ‘justified’

‘Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said she will not return to the country under the current circumstances, calling the legal action against her “politically motivated”. She also blamed the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus for the increasing lawlessness and violence in the country. Read more

Dec 22, 2025 11:10 AM IST
Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: 'Strain entirely of Yunus' making,' Sheikh Hasina blames interim government for stressed relations with India

Sheikh Hasina, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has blamed the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus for the strained relations between India and Bangladesh.

In an email interview with ANI, Hasina stated that the Yunus government is issuing hostile statements against India, failing to protect religious minorities, and allowing extremists to dictate foreign policy.

She emphasized that India has been Bangladesh's most steadfast friend and partner for decades, and the ties between the nations are deep and fundamental, and will outlast any temporary government .

Dec 22, 2025 11:08 AM IST
Bangladesh Protests News Live Updates: 'Election without Awami League is a coronation', says Sheikh Hasina after party barred from Bangladesh

As Bangladesh prepares to hold its national elections nearly a year after Sheikh Hasina's government was ousted following a student-led uprising in July, the former prime minister has said that an election without her party would not be an election but a coronation, as the Awami League has been barred from contesting the upcoming polls.

"An election without the Awami League is not an election, but a coronation. Yunus governs without a single vote from the Bangladeshi people, and now he seeks to ban the party that has been elected nine times by popular mandate," Hasina said.

"Historically, when Bangladeshis cannot vote for their preferred party, they do not vote at all. So millions will be effectively disenfranchised if this ban on the Awami League is maintained.

Any government that emerges from such an exercise will lack the moral authority to govern. This would be a terrible missed opportunity at a time when Bangladesh badly needs a process of genuine national reconciliation," she added. (ANI)

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