Firefighters pulled journalists from their burning newsroom on Friday after the building was set ablaze during violent demonstrations in Bangladesh’s capital.

Thousands of protesters were brought to the streets by the assassination of a youth leader running for parliament in upcoming national elections.

A key figure in last year’s uprising, Sharif Osman Hadi, 32, was shot by masked gunmen while leaving a mosque in Dhaka last week.

After he died in hospital on Thursday, his supporters gathered in Dhaka demanding the killers be brought to justice.

Several buildings, including those housing leading newspapers Prothom Alo and the Daily Star, were set on fire and vandalised, according to authorities.

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Header image: Supporters chant slogans as they block Shahbagh Square demanding justice, following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19, 2025. —Reuters