Bangladesh is set to welcome a new interim government under the leadership of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus on Thursday. This transition follows weeks of intense student protests that led to the resignation and departure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
At 84, Yunus, Bangladesh’s sole Nobel Prize recipient, has been selected for this role by the same student protesters who led the movement against Sheikh Hasina. Known globally as the ‘banker to the poor’ for his pioneering work in microfinance, Yunus is set to be sworn in as chief advisor along with his advisory team later today. He will be arriving in Dhaka from Paris, where he has been receiving medical treatment. (Foreign Agencies)
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