Bangladesh Interim Authorities: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus referred to Bangladesh as a ‘free nation’ following Sheikh Hasina’s resignation after she fled from the nation. Muhammad Yunus has agreed to a proposal from the protest motion’s coordinators to turn into the chief advisor of the soon-to-be-formed interim authorities, as per The Day by day Star. An extended and weeks of intense and violent anti-quota protests in the end referred to as for her to step down as prime minister on Monday.
“We have been an occupied nation so long as she (Sheikh Hasina) was there. She was behaving like an occupation drive, a dictator, a basic, controlling the whole lot. Right now all of the folks of Bangladesh really feel liberated,” Yunus instructed ThePrint in an interview.
Muhammad Yunus, who faces over 190 costs filed by the Awami League authorities, has accused the departing Sheikh Hasina of tarnishing the legacy of her father, ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rehman. Recognized for his contributions to microfinance which have uplifted thousands and thousands from poverty, Yunus was as soon as thought of a possible rival to Hasina for the prime minister’s place.
The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Muhammad Yunus, was convicted of embezzling $2 million (over 16 crore rupees) from the employees’ welfare fund of Grameen Telecom, one of many corporations he established.
Yunus claimed that the violence and vandalism by protesters mirror their anger in the direction of Sheikh Hasina and the harm she has triggered. He expressed optimism that these identical college students and younger folks will information Bangladesh in a constructive path sooner or later.