DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s military chief will meet pupil protest leaders on Tuesday because the nation awaits the formation of a brand new authorities a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the nation following a violent rebellion towards her rule.
Pupil leaders, who spearheaded a motion towards job quotas that was a name for Hasina to resign, mentioned early on Tuesday that they need a brand new interim authorities with Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus as its chief adviser.
“Any government other than the one we recommended would not be accepted,” Nahid Islam, one the important thing organisers of the scholars motion, mentioned in a video on Fb (NASDAQ:) with three different organisers. “We wouldn’t accept any army-supported or army-led government.”
“We have also had discussions with Muhammad Yunus and he has agreed to take on this responsibility at our invitation,” Islam added.
Bangladesh Military Chief Common Waker-Uz-Zaman plans to satisfy the protest organisers at 12 pm native time (0600 GMT) on Tuesday, the military mentioned in a press release, a day after Zaman introduced Hasina’s resignation in a televised tackle and mentioned an interim authorities could be fashioned.
Yunus, 84, and his Grameen Financial institution received the 2006 Nobel Peace prize for work to carry tens of millions out of poverty by granting tiny loans of underneath $100 to the agricultural poor of Bangladesh however he was indicted by a courtroom in June on prices of embezzlement that he denied.
Yunus didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Hasina, 76, landed at a navy airfield, Hindon, close to Delhi on Monday after leaving Dhaka, two Indian authorities officers informed Reuters, including that India’s Nationwide Safety Adviser Ajit Doval met her there. They didn’t elaborate on her keep or plans.
