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Hadi killed due to political vendetta, charge sheet names 17: Bangladesh police

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Hadi killed due to political vendetta, charge sheet names 17: Bangladesh police

File image of Sharif Osman Hadi. | Photo Credit: Reuters Student leader Sharif Osman Hadi was killed due to “political vengeance” at the behest of the Awami League, Bangladesh police said on Tuesday (January 6, 2026) as it pressed formal charges against 17 people in connection with the murder. “Through public rallies and social media,…

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Demoralised Bangladesh police appreciated by Tarique Rahman for handling massive events

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Demoralised Bangladesh police appreciated by Tarique Rahman for handling massive events

A police officer stands guard at the National Martyrs’ Memorial before the arrival of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A day after the funeral of his mother and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia that was attended by…

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First time in its history, Bangladesh to try postal ballots in 2026 election

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First time in its history, Bangladesh to try postal ballots in 2026 election

The Election Commission of Bangladesh has started the facilitation process with the help of international postal services that would allow voters to mail the ballots on time to be counted. File. | Photo Credit: AP For the first time in its independent history, Bangladesh will allow postal ballots in the upcoming election scheduled for February…

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Bangladesh’s Islamist party open to unity government after February vote

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Bangladesh’s Islamist party open to unity government after February vote

Shafiqur  Rahman, Ameer (President) Jamaat-e-Islami, poses for a photograph after an interview with Reuters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A once-banned Bangladeshi Islamist party, poised for its strongest electoral showing in polls in February, is open ​to joining a unity government and has held talks with several parties, its…

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Bangladesh’s first female Prime Minister Khaleda Zia dies at 80

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Bangladesh’s first female Prime Minister Khaleda Zia dies at 80

Bangladesh’s former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia, center, leaves after a court appearance in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2017. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s ​first female prime ‌minister, ​Khaleda Zia, died after a prolonged illness, ​her opposition ⁠Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said ​on ⁠Tuesday (December 30, 2025). “The BNP Chairperson…

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7 arrested over Hindu man’s lynching in Bangladesh

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7 arrested over Hindu man’s lynching in Bangladesh

 According to the police, Mr. Das, a factory worker, was first beaten up by a mob outside the factory over blasphemy allegations and hanged from a tree. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: PTI Seven people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, the interim government announced on…

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Bangladesh uprising leader Sharif Osman Hadi dies in Singapore; Bangla daily Prothom Alo’s office attacked at the capital’s Karwan Bazar

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Bangladesh uprising leader Sharif Osman Hadi dies in Singapore; Bangla daily Prothom Alo’s office attacked at the capital’s Karwan Bazar

Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent leader of the July Uprising who was shot last week, died on Thursday (December 18, 2025) while undergoing treatment at a Singapore hospital after fighting for his life for six days. Hadi, also a candidate in the scheduled February 12 general elections, was shot in the head by masked gunmen…

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Bangladesh electoral scheduling amid political unrest casts a cloud of doubt

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Bangladesh electoral scheduling amid political unrest casts a cloud of doubt

It is Friday noon in Dhaka (2:25 p.m. local time), just hours after the announcement of the national election schedule. In the capital’s busy Bijoy Nagar area, Sharif Osman Hadi, a key leader of last year’s uprising and an independent candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, was shot in the head by unidentified assailants on a motorcycle in broad daylight. Mr. Hadi remains…

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Direct flights between Pakistan, Bangladesh from December

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Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “Direct flights between Pakistan and Bangladesh will begin from next month, a significant leap in strengthening connectivity between the two countries,” said Dhaka’s top diplomat on Wednesday (November 26, 2025). “There has been no direct flight between Pakistan and Bangladesh for the last several years. As…

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