Aug 06 (Jowhar.com)-Muhammad Yunus will become the head of the interim government in Bangladesh after the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country mass protests against her rule led by students.
Joynal Abedin, the press secretary of the president of Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin announced this decision.
Abedin also said that the other members of the Yunus-led government will be appointed soon after they talk to the political parties and other relevant parties.
The leaders of the student protests, the leaders of the three branches of the country’s armed forces, members of the civil society and some businessmen met with the president to make a decision. temporary administration.
Yunus, who is 83 years old, is expected to return to the country soon as he is currently in Paris according to the local media.
After the decision, the student leaders left the official residence of the president shortly after midnight, satisfied and welcomed the decision.
Nahid Islam, the leader of the student group, described the talks as fruitful and said that Shahabuddin agreed that the interim government will be established in the shortest possible time.
Bangladesh President Shahabuddin also fired the national police chief after the deadly protests that led to Hasina’s departure.
Bangladesh’s interim prime minister Yunus is an economist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering the use of credit financing to help the poor, especially women.
