Tuesday, August 25
After months-long violence against minorities in the wake of a coup against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last year, Bangladesh is boiling again. The latest wave of unrest was triggered by the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, who was shot by masked men. A radical Islamist leader and spokesperson of the Inqilab Moncho cultural platform. Hadi died in a Singapore hospital after a week-long battle for his life. He had emerged as a prominent voice in the post–Sheikh Hasina political vacuum. A leading anti-India voice, he had become a rallying point for youth-led mobilisation and Islamist activism, and was preparing to contest the forthcoming national elections as an independent candidate.Following news of his death, protests quickly escalated in multiple parts of the country. Demonstrations took on
