An angry mob gutted the Daily Star newspaper building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, between 7:46 p.m. and 8:16 p.m. UTC on December 18, 2025, prompting fire brigade response to douse the fire and rescue stranded people inside, according to a post by journalist Aditya Raj Kaul on X at https://x.com/AdityaRajKaul/status/2001740501431783740. This marks the second major Bangladeshi newspaper attacked tonight, following the ransacking of Dainik Prothom Alo earlier, as reported by Kaul. Separately, Md. Sarjis Alam, a member of Bangladesh's interim government, stated that the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh will remain closed until India returns the killers of Shaheed Hadi Chowdhury, declaring "Now or Never. We are in a war," according to a post by ravi_sunday on X at https://x.com/ravi_sunday/status/2001740581484269860. Alam's statement comes amid heightened tensions following the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu youth in Bangladesh, as noted in the ravi_sunday post. The Daily Star attack follows protesters targeting the building after the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a July Uprising leader shot last week, per PTI_News reports in the prior reporting window.
