DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh's interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule.
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh's interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule.
Abedin said other members of the new government would be decided soon, after discussions with political parties and other stakeholders. The president had dissolved Parliament on Tuesday, clearing the way for an interim administration and new elections. The Bangladesh Police Association went on strike over a lack of security after numerous police stations were attacked Monday and “many” officers were killed, it said, without giving any casualty figures.
Hasina fled to India by helicopter as protesters defied military curfew orders to march on the capital, with thousands eventually storming her residence and other buildings associated with her party and family. The military wields significant influence in Bangladesh, which has faced more than 20 coups or coup attempts since its independence from Pakistan in 1971.
“We have proposed the name of Muhammad Yunus with his consent. Now if someone else comes from among the MPs, we will not allow that to happen,” he said. Violence just before and after Hasina's resignation left at least 109 people dead, including 14 police officers, and hundreds of others injured, according to media reports which could not be independently confirmed.
“Hindus are very afraid,” Charu Chandra Das Brahmachari, leader of the Bangladesh branch of a Hindu movement, told the IANS news service. “Hindus are very afraid that they could be attacked anytime. This is because whenever the government falls, minorities are affected.” “It would defeat the spirit of the revolution that toppled the illegitimate and autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina if people decide to take the law into their own hands without due process,” Tarique Rahman, the party's acting chairman, wrote on the social media platform X.
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