Interim government Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus along with his advisory council members and Army chief General Waker-uz-Zaman attended the funeral for the 32-year-old spokesperson of `Inqilab Mancha` held at the South Plaza of Parliament complex at Manik Mia Avenue.

Yunus spoke briefly ahead of the janaza (funeral prayers) even as politicians representing former prime minister Khaleda Zia`s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami and student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) joined the prayers.

The country is also observing a day of state mourning following the death of Hadi, who was one of the prominent leaders of the student-led protests last year, which led to the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government.

A candidate for the scheduled February 12 general elections, Hadi was shot in the head on December 12 by masked gunmen as he initiated his election campaign at central Dhaka`s Bijoynagar area. He died while undergoing treatment in Singapore on Thursday.

According to television footage, the janaza was held after Hadi`s body was brought after an autopsy at the state-run Suhrawardy Hospital.