Fresh unrest erupted in Bangladesh after gunmen shot an election candidate ahead of the upcoming parliamentary polls, prompting the Election Commission to seek additional security for its chief, other commissioners and senior officials.

Following the attack, the government ordered a nationwide security clampdown and announced plans to issue firearm licences to election candidates for their safety. The victim, Sharif Osman Hadi, a frontline leader of last year’s youth movement dubbed the “July Uprising,” was critically wounded in the attack.

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According to the state-run BSS news agency, reported late Saturday (December 13), the EC wrote to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), urging comprehensi

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