The death of political activist Sharif Osman Hadi has sparked renewed unrest in Bangladesh, foreign media reports.
Sharif Osman Hadi was a prominent figure in the student movement that led to the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He was set to contest the next election as an independent candidate. He was 32 years old when he was killed.
Protesters set fire to the offices of the Bengali-language Prothom Alo and the English-language Daily Star. These two newspapers are both pro-India and pro-government.