B'desh Media Houses Charred, Journalists Left To Suffocate | Dhaka Boils Over Osman Hadi's Death

Prothom Alo, Bangladesh's leading newspaper, was shut on Friday. Its online version was closed for about 17 hours after a violent mob vandalised and looted Prothom Alo's office in Dhaka before setting it on fire. The death of a 32-year-old, Sharif Osman Hadi, Bangladesh's youth leader, ignited fresh protests in the capital

Attackers were allegedly heard calling more people to the site. They searched for the mobile phones of many people in the vicinity and attacked some traders and hawkers in the market area. This continued for about an hour and a half.