Nobel laureate and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport on August 7 to travel to Dhaka. Yunus, who was in Paris for a medical procedure, was named the chief adviser on August 06, a day after PM Hasina resigned.
The recent protests culminating in Sheikh Hasina's ouster and the possible return of Khaleda Zia-led Bangadesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have stoked concerns about rise of terrorism in India's neighbourhood. Bangladesh is currently awaiting the formation of an interim government.
Bangladesh is preparing for an interim government under Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus following PM Sheikh Hasina's resignation amidst violent protests. Yunus is expected to take oath as chief adviser on Thursday as Bangladesh attempts to return to normalcy.
After the coup in Bangladesh, the interim government led by Nobel Prize winner Professor Mohammad Yunus will take oath on August 8, as announced by Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman.Watch to know more!
Bangladesh protests: Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist, will be sworn in as the leader of Bangladesh's interim government today after violent protests forced PM Sheikh Hasina to resign. Yunus has appealed for peace and calm.
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Khaleda Zia, the wife of late President Ziaur Rahman, was the first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh and was a fierce nemesis of recently-ousted Sheikh Hasina. Her tenure in office was marked by a rise in Islamist extremism and strained relations between India and Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Army Chief Waker-uz-Zaman reportedly held a meeting with his generals and decided that the military would not enforce the curfew as ordered by Hasina. This effectively meant that Hasina lost the backing of the Army as her 15-year rule was brought to a chaotic end.
While casualties rose during the violent protests in Bangladesh, Indian medical practitioners in Dhaka said they were drawn by a "sense of duty" to help hospitals deal with the crisis. As many as 469 people were killed in the protests that began in July against government job quotas.
Ziaul Ahsan was dismissed from service on Tuesday as the top ranks of the military have been reshuffled following the announcement of an interim government in Bangladesh. The massive reshuffle comes as Sheikh Hasina fled to India after deadly anti-government protests.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev condemned the attacks targeting homes, temples and business establishments of Hindus in Bangladesh. He urged the Central Government to make every possible effort diplomatically and politically to protect the Hindu minorities in the neighboring country.
The US State Department spokesperson said that it was concerned about the incidents of violence in Bangladesh including, against members of religious and political groups and law enforcement officials.
AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, President of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association, has called on India to arrest former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister, Sheikh Rehana, and return them to Bangladesh.
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Hasina’s travel plans have hit a roadblock due to certain “uncertainties” and she is unlikely to move out of India for the next couple of days, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. She has been shifted to an unspecified location after her dramatic ouster from power on Monday.
The deadly protests culminated in Sheikh Hasina's resignation and departure, following which an interim government has been announced. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, ex-IT minister and Hasan Mahmud, ex-foreign minister, were apprehended by officials while trying to flee to neighbouring India.
Astrologer Prashanth Kini's prediction on Sheikh Hasina has gone viral after the ex-Bangladesh PM was forced to resign and flee the country following violent protests. The agitation began on a smaller scale but spiralled into a broader unrest on Monday, with over 440 dead in past few weeks.
The clashes between protesters demanding Hasina's resignation over the quota system in government jobs and the ruling Awami League supporters in different parts of Bangladesh erupted on August 4.
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