Bangladesh awaits interim government, army chief to meet protesters

  • 2 months ago
Bangladeshis await the formation of a new government a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country.

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00:00Bangladeshis await the formation of a new government a day after Prime Minister Sheikh
00:05Hasina resigned and fled the country.
00:08Hasina deserted the top post after protests against quotas in government jobs snowballed
00:12into a violent uprising against her.
00:15About 300 people were killed and thousands injured in violence that ripped through the
00:19country.
00:20Jubilant crowds stormed unopposed into the opulent grounds of Hasina's residence after
00:24she fled on August 5, carrying out looted furniture and TVs.
00:28Democratic leaders who spearheaded the anti-quota movement say they want Nobel Peace Laureate
00:32Muhammad Yunus as the chief advisor to the interim government.
00:36Yunus 84 won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for work to lift millions out of poverty through
00:42microfinancing.
00:43President Mohammed Sahabudin said an interim government will hold elections as soon as
00:47possible.

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