The interim government of Bangladesh is set to be sworn in tomorrow. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus will lead the government when he arrives in the country, the army chief announced. Mr Yunus, who is currently in France, has said he was looking forward to helping the country overcome its current turbulence. The caretaker government will fill in the void left by the Monday ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina amid student-led protests that saw over 400 deaths after a violent crackdown.
The movement rose out of demonstrations against public sector job quotas for families of veterans of Bangladesh’s 1971 independence war, seen by critics as a means to reserve jobs for allies of the ruling party.
