Published : 20 Dec 2025, 12:00 AM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 02:54 PM
Authorities have confirmed the body of Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi, who passed away in Singapore while undergoing treatment for injuries suffered in an assassination attempt on him, will be kept at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases.
Osman Hadi is due to arrive in Dhaka on a commercial flight of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines in the evening.
“We have completed all preparations to keep Hadi’s body at the hospital following a decision taken by the authorities,” said Abdul Wadud Chowdhury, the director at the NICVD.
He said the decision might change.
Police have confirmed stepping up security at the hospital.
Hadi’s first funeral prayers were supposed to be offered in Singapore.
In a post on Facebook on Friday, the Bangladesh High Commission said the service had to be cancelled as the required clearance had not been received from the relevant authorities.
Hadi had risen to prominence during the July Uprising and a movement calling for the banning of the Awami League. He had also announced plans to contest the upcoming parliamentary election as an independent candidate from the Dhaka-8 constituency.
Hadi was shot at close range on Dec 12 while campaigning in Dhaka's Bijoynagar area. Police said assailants arrived on a motorcycle, opened fire and fled the scene, leaving Hadi critically injured.
He was flown to Singapore by air ambulance on Dec 15 for advanced medical treatment, but died there on Thursday.
His funeral prayer is scheduled to be held after Zuhr prayers on Saturday at Manik Mia Avenue in Dhaka.
The government has declared Saturday as a day of state mourning to mark his death.
