Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus has been sworn in as leader of Bangladesh's interim government. It comes after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country after weeks of violent anti-government protests.
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00:00Nobel Peace Prize winning economist Mohammed Yunus has been sworn in as leader of Bangladesh's
00:06interim government.
00:08He takes over after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the capital Dhaka following
00:13weeks of violent anti-government protests, which started in opposition to a quota system
00:18for public jobs.
00:20Yunus was a fierce critic of Hasina during her 15-year rule.
00:24He was endorsed by student protest leaders and will be tasked with holding new elections
00:30for the country's 171 million people.