Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus
Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - Newly appointed head of the upcoming interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus, a pioneer of microfinance and Nobel laureate, will have to face tremendous tasks to reconcile, reform and reconstruct the strife-torn country.
Of the challenges, two are main: First, to restore law and order situation in a country of 170 million people that has been boiling for weeks of student protests and violent clashes with security forces that have killed more than 400 people.
And second, to define the role of the interim government and its mandate until Bangladesh hold elections to choose a new democratic leader, according to the New York Times.
Bangladesh is facing uncertainty after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina from the position of prime minister of Bangladesh. Hasina stepped down and fled the country on Monday following the countrywide demonstration spearheaded by the Anti-Discriminatory Student Movement. She is now in India.
Hasina’s resignation came following around three weeks of violence that had its origin in the students’ demand for reforming the quota system in public service jobs and eventually turned into a one-point demand – the resignation of the PM – as the students hold Hasina responsible for the mayhem and killings.
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