Bangladesh unrest LIVE: 1 killed in Dhaka blast; BNP’s Tariq Rahman is set for a historic comeback

Updated: Dec 25, 2025 7:43:32 am IST

bangladesh unrest live updates: Tension remains high in Bangladesh a week after the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Haider, who died in a Singapore hospital on December 18 following an assassination attempt in Dhaka. One person was killed in a crude bomb blast after miscreants hurled the bomb from a flyover in front of Bangladesh Muktijodha Sangh in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area on Wednesday, according to Bangladeshi media outlet The Daily Star.

According to The Daily Star, Inspector (Operations) of Hatirjheel police station MD Mohiuddin said that a person was hit by a crude bomb thrown by unidentified people from the flyover and died on the spot.

Earlier, Inquilab Moncho had organized a protest rally in Dhaka on Tuesday in Shahbagh of the capital Dhaka over the killing of Hadi.

This came as Inquilab Moncho ended its protest at the Central Shaheed Minar on Monday after issuing a 24-hour ultimatum to the government demanding justice for the killers.

Inquilab Moncho, who was at the forefront during the July 2024 uprising, has demanded that the killers of its convener Hadi be brought to justice before the 13th national elections and referendum in Bangladesh, BDNews24 reported on Monday.

Here’s all you need to know about the developments in Bangladesh:

• Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting president Tariq Rahman is set to return to politics after exile, with the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia set to land in Dhaka on Thursday. This will be Rahman’s first homecoming to Bangladesh in nearly 17 years. He has been living in London since 2008 following multiple criminal convictions in his home country, including on charges of money laundering and an alleged plot to assassinate now-ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
• The murder of a Hindu man – Dipu Chandra Das – in Mymensingh led to protests near Bangladesh missions in India and further strained relations between the two. Both countries have summoned each other’s envoys amid security concerns at the high commissions in Bangladesh and India. Large numbers of people turned out in at least seven Indian cities to protest the killing. These include New Delhi, Kolkata, Bhopal, Jammu, Agartala, Mumbai and Hyderabad.
• Amid outrage in India over the murder of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, a senior advisor to the Muhammad Yunus-led Bangladesh government has said that the government is taking responsibility for the family of Dipu Chandra Das, news agency PTI reported. CR Abrar, education advisor in Bangladesh, also met the father of the Hindu man killed in Mymensingh.
• The assassination of youth leader Hadi sparked unrest in Bangladesh last week, during which the offices of major Bangladeshi media, the Daily Star and Prothom Alo, were set on fire, and journalists were trapped inside for long periods. The murder case of the student leader in Bangladesh will be heard under the Speedy Trial Tribunal amid demands for speedy justice by the student leader’s supporters in Bangladesh, the Daily Star reported on Tuesday.
• The BJP on Wednesday criticized the Kolkata Police for its action against people protesting against attacks on minorities in Bangladesh, calling it the “ultimate appeasement” politics of the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal. The saffron party also hit out at the Congress and other opposition parties, alleging that their silence on the issue reflects their “tacit support” towards the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh. A day before this, hundreds of supporters of a pro-Hindutva organization tried to march to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata on Tuesday and clashed with the police when they were stopped.

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