Nobel Laureate Yunus Cleared in Graft Case After Becoming Bangladesh Leader
Bangladesh’s Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigned Saturday following new protests by a group of students and other demonstrators, as the country’s interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus started functioning days after a mass uprising forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India.
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00:00In Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, students are running the show.
00:04They're managing the traffic, they're cleaning up the city and doing what they can to bring
00:08in some stability after a massive student-led uprising chased out Prime Minister Sheikh
00:14Hasina nearly a week ago.
00:16On Monday, Hasina fled to India after weeks of protests led by students against a quota
00:22system for government jobs turned into a full-scale rebellion against her and her government.
00:28Hasina cracked down hard, deploying security forces, shutting off the internet and enforcing
00:33a nationwide curfew with a shoot-on-sight order.
00:36This only inflamed the situation, sparking more violence.
00:40More than 300 people have been killed in clashes since mid-July, when the protests turned deadly.
00:46The country was plunged into more chaos and uncertainty after she fled.
00:50The police, whose members were also killed, went on strike, prompting the students in
00:55Dhaka to man the streets.
00:57In the past week, though, there's been some progress.
01:00The parliament was dissolved and a new interim government, headed by Nobel laureate Mohamed
01:04Yunus, was put in place.
01:07In the cabinet are also two student leaders who spearheaded the protests, and they have
01:11vowed to make sure that the voices of young Bangladeshis are heard.
01:16For now, the tensions have begun to ease.
01:18There's traffic on the roads and some banks and shops have opened.
01:22Still, there are daunting challenges ahead as the country tries to recover from some
01:26of the worst bloodshed it has seen in years and find a new way forward.
01:31For Yunus, the key tasks are ensuring peace in Bangladesh and preparing the country for
01:36new elections.