DHAKA: Bangladesh Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus said Tuesday (Aug 6) he is ready to head a caretaker government, a day after the military took control as mass protests forced longtime ruler Shei
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has said he is ready to take on as head of the interim government in Bangladesh . In this file photo, Yunus smiles as he arrives to appear before a labour court in Dhaka, Bangladesh , on Sunday, Jan 28, 2024.
The military on Tuesday reshuffled several top generals, demoting some seen as close to Hasina, and sacking Ziaul Ahsan, a commander of the feared and US-sanctioned Rapid Action Battalion paramilitary force. "We have been freed from a dictatorship", said Sazid Ahnaf, 21, comparing the events to the independence war that split the nation from Pakistan more than five decades ago.
Protesters broke into parliament and torched TV stations. Others smashed statues of Hasina's father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's independence hero. Key police unions said their members had declared a strike"until the security of every member of the police is secured", offering their"apology" for police actions against the protesters.China hopes that"social stability can be restored in Bangladesh" soon, the foreign ministry in Beijing said on Tuesday, while Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar said he was"deeply concerned till law and order is visibly restored".
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