{"id":44276,"date":"2024-08-08T14:41:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T09:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=44276"},"modified":"2024-08-08T14:41:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T09:41:28","slug":"nobel-laureate-yunus-arrives-in-bangladesh-to-take-over-as-interim-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/nobel-laureate-yunus-arrives-in-bangladesh-to-take-over-as-interim-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel laureate Yunus arrives in Bangladesh to take over as interim head"},"content":{"rendered":"

DHAKA (AP): Bangladesh\u2019s next leader Muhammad Yunus<\/a> arrived home Thursday from an overseas trip and will take office later in the day, as he looks to restore calm and rebuild the country following an uprising that ended the 15-year, increasingly autocratic rule of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yunus landed at Dhaka\u2019s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday afternoon and was welcomed by the country\u2019s military chief, Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman, who was flanked by navy and air force heads.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the student leaders who led the uprising against Hasina were also present at the airport to welcome him. They had earlier proposed Yunus as interim leader to the country\u2019s figurehead president, who is currently acting as the chief executive under the constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his first comments after his arrival, he told a news briefing that his priority would be to restore order. <\/span>\u201cBangladesh is a family. We have to unite it,\u201d Yunus said, flanked by the student leaders. \u201cIt has immense possibility.\u201d <\/span>He urged all to stop violence and promised not to resort to any repressive measures against anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Security was tight at the airport to ensure Yunus\u2019 safe arrival, as the country has experienced days of unrest following the downfall of Hasina on Monday. President Mohammed Shahabuddin will administer the oath-taking ceremony on Thursday night when Yunus is expected to announce his new Cabinet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before leaving Paris, where he was attending the Olympics, Yunus appealed for calm in Bangladesh amid tensions over the country\u2019s future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hasina\u2019s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, who acts as an adviser to his mother, vowed Wednesday that his family and the Awami League party would continue to be engaged in Bangladesh\u2019s politics \u2014 a reversal from what he\u2019d said earlier in the week after Hasina stepped down Monday and fled to India.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yunus <\/span>was named as interim leader following talks among military officials, civic leaders,\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span> the student activists who led the uprising against Hasina. Yunus made his first public comments in the French capital on Wednesday before boarding a plane to return home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yunus congratulated the student protesters, saying they had made \u201cour second Victory Day possible,\u201d and he appealed to them and other stakeholders to remain peaceful, while condemning the violence that followed Hasina\u2019s resignation. <\/span>\u201cViolence is our enemy. Please don\u2019t create more enemies. Be calm and get ready to build the country,\u201d Yunus said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bangladesh\u2019s military chief, Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman, said in a televised address on Wednesday that he expected Yunus to usher in a \u201cbeautiful democratic\u201d process.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yunus, who was awarded\u00a0the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize\u00a0for his work developing microcredit markets, told reporters in Paris: \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to going back home and seeing what\u2019s happening there, and how we can organize ourselves to get out of the trouble that we are in.\u2033<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked when elections would be held, he put his hands up as if to indicate it was too early to say. <\/span>\u201cI\u2019ll go and talk to them. I\u2019m just fresh in this whole area,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

A tribunal in Dhaka earlier on Wednesday acquitted Yunus in\u00a0a labor law violation case\u00a0involving a telecommunication company he founded, in which he was convicted and sentenced to six months in jail. He had been released on bail in the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

The president <\/span>dissolved Parliament on Tuesday, clearing the path for an interim administration that is expected to schedule new elections.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yunus has been a longtime opponent of Hasina, who had called him a \u201cbloodsucker\u201d allegedly for using force to extract loan repayments from rural poor, mainly women. Yunus has denied the allegations.<\/span><\/p>\n

In <\/span>weeks since July 15, more than 300 people died in violence in Bangladesh. Rising tensions in the days surrounding Hasina\u2019s resignation created chaos, with police leaving their posts after being attacked. Dozens of officers were killed, prompting police to stop working across the country. They threatened not to return unless their safety <\/span>was<\/span> ensured. The looting of firearms was also reported in local media.<\/span><\/p>\n

The chaos began in July with protests against a quota system for government jobs that critics said favored people with connections to Hasina\u2019s party. But the demonstrations soon grew into a broader challenge to Hasina\u2019s 15-year rule, which was marked by human rights abuses, corruption, allegations of rigged elections,\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span> a brutal crackdown on her opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overnight into Thursday, residents across Dhaka carried sticks, iron rods, <\/span>and<\/span> sharp weapons to guard their neighborhoods amid reports of robberies. Communities used loudspeakers in mosques to alert people that robberies were occurring, as police remained off duty. The military shared hotline numbers for people seeking help.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many fear that Hasina\u2019s departure could trigger even more instability in the densely populated nation of some 170 million people, which is already dealing with high unemployment, corruption,\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span> a complex strategic relationship with India, China, <\/span>and<\/span> the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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