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.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus is shown in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Jan. 28, 2024. 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.
Shahabuddin also ordered the release of opposition leader Khaleda Zia from house arrest, a longtime Hasina rival who was convicted on corruption charges by her government in 2018.The student protesters said they would not allow any military-backed government to take over. The streets of Dhaka, the capital, appeared calm, with no reports of new violence Tuesday. Jubilant protesters thronged the ousted leader's residence, some posing for selfies with soldiers guarding the building.
The unrest erupted as protests against a quota system for government jobs, which critics said favoured people with connections to her party, grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule, marked by human rights abuses, corruption and allegations of rigged elections amid a brutal crackdown on her opponents.
It was not clear if the latest developments would end the turmoil, and whether the army would have any role in the interim government. Zaman said the military would investigate all the killings and punish those responsible, which the protesters have demanded.Earlier Tuesday, protest leader Sarjis Alam told reporters that they had asked the president to dissolve Parliament and proposed Yunus, "with his consent.
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 that 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."The EU ambassador to Bangladesh, Charles Whitley, said on the social media platform X, that European diplomats were "very concerned" about reports of anti-minority violence.
The United Nation's human rights chief, Volker Turk, said Monday that the transition of power in Bangladesh must be "in line with the country's international obligations" and "inclusive and open to the meaningful participation of all Bangladeshis." Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar confirmed her presence and told Parliament that Hasina "at very short notice requested approval to come for the moment to India."The body of 22-year-old Mackenzie Trottier, who had been missing since December 2020, was found at the Saskatoon landfill, police confirmed on Tuesday.
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