(Reuters)ADVERTISEMENTBangladesh’s latest spiral of violence has a name at its centre: Faisal Karim Masud. “The prime suspect in Osman Hadi’s killing is Faisal Karim Masud, a former leader of the Chhatra League (currently banned), the student wing of the ousted Awami League,” a local Bangladeshi journalist told The Telegraph Online on Friday. 2 7 Faisal Karim Masud seen in a picture with Osman Hadi. “Many out here feel India has provided shelter to the accused.”The Telegraph Online has not verified whether the person shown in the photograph is Masud. Printing presses at Bangladesh's two leading newspapers went silent on Friday for the first time ​in decades after mobs torched their offices.

Source: The Telegraph December 19, 2025 14:27 UTC