GUWAHATI: Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has agreed to lead the Bangladesh interim government as its chief adviser, according to reports in Bangladesh media.
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Earlier, a key organiser of Bangladesh’s student protests said Yunus was their choice as head of an interim government a day after long-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned. “I also considered that these students had protested so much, they had to pay so much for it. If the students can sacrifice so much, then I also have some responsibility. Then I told the students that I can take the responsibility,” Yunus was quoted as saying.
Based on the decision from a meeting of President Shahabuddin with the heads of the three armed forces, leaders of various political parties, representatives of civil society, and leaders of the Students Against Discrimination movement, the national parliament was dissolved, a press release from the president’s office stated.
It further said that Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been released from jail. The statement said that the process of releasing those detained in the student movement and various cases from July 1 to August 5 has begun, with many already being freed.
Bangladesh is facing a fluid political situation with Sheikh Hasina tendering her resignation from her post in the wake of mounting protests on August 5. The protests, led mainly by students demanding an end to the quota system for government jobs, evolved into anti-government demonstrations
