Overview
- A public janaza for Sharif Usman Hadi is scheduled at the Parliament’s South Plaza today during a one‑day state mourning, with burial planned at Dhaka University near poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s grave.
- Authorities issued security advisories for the funeral, restricted bags, and banned drone flights around the parliament precincts.
- Police and RAB say multiple suspects have been detained in joint operations over the December 12 shooting, with weapons, ammunition and high‑value cheques seized, while alleged shooter Faisal Karim remains untraced and claims he fled to India lack police confirmation.
- RAB-14 arrested seven people over the lynching of Hindu worker Dipu Chandra Das in Bhaluka, an attack carried out on blasphemy allegations that included public desecration of the body.
- Mobs attacked and set fire to the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star in Dhaka, trapping staff for hours and disrupting publication as the interim government publicly condemned mob violence.