ALBAWABA - Following the ousting of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been assigned to head the interim government in the wake of the recent turmoil the country witnessed.
Ynus was scheduled to be sworn in as an interim prime minister along with a team of advisors later on Thursday in a temporary government that the army commander claimed may have 15 members, but deliberations on the names remained until late Wednesday.
Yunus is renowned as the 'banker to the poor' and received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for launching a bank that focused on poverty alleviation by granting small loans to needy borrowers.
He is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Thursday from Paris, where he has been undergoing medical care.
“This is our beautiful country with lots of exciting possibilities. We must protect and make it a wonderful country for us and for our future generations,” Yunus told reporters.
The economist and entrepreneur would be taking over the country's leadership following one of the bloodiest protests in its history, in which more than 300 people were killed and hundreds were detained.
Yunus will be facing significant obstacles as he seeks to restore peace and order, recover the economy, and prepare the path for free and fair elections.
