DHAKA: Three days after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina from the PM House, following bloody protests, a 17-member (including top student leaders Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud) transitional administration headed by 84-year-old (2006) Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus, took oath on Thursday (8th August, 2024).

DHAKA: President Mohammed Shahabuddin seen administering oath of office as Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s new interim government to Muhammad Yunus here on Thursday (8th August, 2024).

DHAKA: Those who took the oath on Thursday (8th August, 2024) include, among others, two SAD group leaders (Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud), A former foreign secretary Touhid Hossain, A former attorney general Hassan Ariff, An environmental lawyer Rizwana Hasan, A top professor Asif Nazrul and A human rights activist Adilur Rahman Khan.

On his return home from Paris, Yunus exclaimed: “Revolution, through which Bangladesh created a new Victory Day today, should be kept in front and strengthened further and move forward.”

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