News18 Afternoon Digest: Bangladesh Urges Calm Amid Protests, Cordial Conversation Between PM Modi, Priyanka Gandhi On Wayanad & Other Stories

Last Updated:December 19, 2025, 14:02 IST

We are also covering: How Pakistan’s ISI Is Exploiting Bangladesh’s Unrest and PM Modi Leads X’s Most-Liked Tweets In India.

Violence broke out in Bangladesh after the death of radical student leader Sharif Osman Hadi. (Reuters)

In today’s afternoon digest, News18 brings you the latest updates on Bangladesh witnessing violent protests following the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, PM Modi and other members of the Union Cabinet held a warm and cordial conversation with Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wayanad and other stories.

‘Critical Moment’: Bangladesh Urges Calm Amid Protests, Condemns Lynching Of Hindu Man

As Bangladesh is witnessing violent protests following the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, the interim government of Muhammad Yunus has urged all citizens to exercise restraint and resist all forms of mob violence, blaming the unrest on a “few fringe elements." Read More

Cordial Conversation Between PM Modi, Priyanka Gandhi On Wayanad As Parliament Session Concludes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other members of the Union Cabinet held a warm and cordial conversation with Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wayanad, sources told CNN-News18, as the Winter Session of the Parliament concluded on Friday. Read More

The Shadow Play: How Pakistan’s ISI Is Exploiting Bangladesh’s Unrest | Exclusive

Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is playing a far more calculated and dangerous role in the narrative-driven mobilisation unfolding in Bangladesh ahead of the upcoming general elections. Read More

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If you go through the quiet bylanes of Al Hasnath Colony in Hyderabad’s Tolichowki, towards the house of the Bondi Beach terror suspect and gunman Sajid Akram’s elder brother, all you can see is people peeping through their balconies or curtains, carefully avoiding the media and strangers who have descended on the locality to find out more about the Akram family. Read More

PM Modi Leads X’s Most-Liked Tweets In India; No Other Political Leader In Top 10

X (formerly Twitter) has introduced a new feature that highlights the most-liked tweets in a country over the last month. In India, the feature reveals that Prime Minister Narendra Modi dominates the list, with 8 out of the top 10 most-liked tweets over the past 30 days belonging to him. Read More

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Madhuri Dixit carries a kind of concentrated intensity that feels almost royal, as if certain characters arrive in her body already crowned. Across decades and drastically different worlds, she has proven a rare elasticity of presence, the ability to slip into a role and make it look less like performance and more like revelation. Read More

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