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Last Updated:December 25, 2025, 00:10 IST
Khoda Baksh Chowdhury resigned as Special Assistant to Muhammad Yunus amid unrest after Osman Hadi's death.
Chowdhury is a former Inspector General of Police (IGP).
Khoda Baksh Chowdhury, Special Assistant (Home Ministry) to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, has resigned from his position as the unrest continues days after the death of the uprising leader Osman Hadi.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin has also accepted the resignation of Chowdhury, who was appointed as a special assistant to Yunus on November 10, 2024.
Chowdhury is a former Inspector General of Police (IGP).
Earlier on Wednesday, a man was killed in a crude bomb attack near a church in Dhaka.
Following Hadi’s death, Bangladesh witnessed a fresh wave of unrest, with a mob setting alight the offices of the mass circulation Daily Star and Prothom Alo and two leading cultural groups, Chhayanot and the Udichi Shilpi Goshti, which were founded in the 1960s.
Location :
Dhaka, Bangladesh
First Published:
December 24, 2025, 23:55 IST
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