DST News: A one-day state mourning is being observed today in Bangladesh following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a fearless July fighter and spokesperson of Inqilab Mancha. The national flag is being flown at half-mast. After his funeral prayers at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban today, he will be laid to rest beside the grave of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.

In his address to the nation on Thursday night (December 18), Chief Adviser of the interim government Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus declared the one-day state mourning. National flags will remain at half-mast at all government, semi-government, autonomous offices, educational institutions, private buildings, and Bangladesh missions abroad.

Osman Hadi died around 9:45pm on Thursday (December 18) while undergoing treatment at Singapore General Hospital. Doctors said he passed away following surgery, confirmed Dr Md Abdul Ahad, a neurosurgeon at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and member secretary of the National Health Alliance.

On December 12 at around 2:20pm, miscreants on a motorcycle opened fire targeting Hadi while he was in an auto-rickshaw on Box Culvert Road under Paltan Police Station. A case was filed on December 14 at Paltan Police Station on charges of attempted murder.

Hadi’s body arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday evening aboard a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight and was later kept at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases morgue.

The Chief Adviser’s press wing said his janaza will be held at 2pm on Saturday at the South Plaza of the National Parliament. Attendees have been requested not to carry bags or heavy items, and flying drones in and around the parliament area has been strictly prohibited.

Inqilab Mancha said that, following the family’s request, the brave martyr Sharif Osman Hadi will be buried beside the grave of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.