The students want the Nobel laureate Yunus to be the head of the government of Bangladesh

The leader of the movement that spearheaded the protests in Bangladesh said today he wanted Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead the interim government, a day after the army took control of the country and the prime minister fled abroad. “We have decided to form an interim government” with “principal advisor”, i.e. head, “the Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who enjoys international fame and is widely recognized,” says Nahid Islam, head of the Students Against collective, in a video released to the public. Discrimination (Students Against Discrimination). Demonstrations against quotas in public administration recruitment, which since the beginning of July have claimed the lives of 366 people, led yesterday, Monday, to the flight by helicopter of 76-year-old Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Yunus, 84, is known for lifting millions of people out of poverty with his bank, which became a pioneer in microfinance. But he dislikes Sheikh Hasina, who has accused him of “sucking the blood” of […]
Source: News Beast

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