{"id":41222,"date":"2024-08-07T02:34:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T02:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=41222"},"modified":"2024-08-07T02:34:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T02:34:56","slug":"nobel-peace-prize-winner-to-lead-bangladesh-interim-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=41222","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Peace Prize winner to lead Bangladesh interim government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is a longtime political foe of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been named the country’s interim leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appointment of the 84-year-old as chief adviser of the interim government comes a day after Ms Hasina fled the country after weeks of deadly unrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Prof Yunus has been lauded for his pioneering use of microloans, Ms Hasina has regarded him as a public enemy<\/a> and a local court recently handed him a jail term in what he described as a politically-motivated case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students who led the protests said they would not accept a military-led government and had pushed for Prof Yunus to lead the interim administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision to name Prof Yunus as chief adviser came after a meeting between President Mohammed Shahabuddin, military leaders, and student leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When the students who sacrificed so much are requesting me to step in at this difficult juncture, how can I refuse?” Prof Yunus had said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is returning to Dhaka from Paris where he is undergoing a minor medical procedure, his spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1983, Prof Yunus started Grameen Bank, which offers small, long-term loans to help poor people start their own small businesses. The concept has since taken off around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2006, Prof Yunus and the bank were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is known internationally as the “banker to the poor”, but Ms Hasina had described him a “bloodsucker” of the poor and accused his bank of charging exorbitant interest rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January, Prof Yunus was sentenced to six months in jail<\/a> for violating the country’s labour laws by failing to create a welfare fund for their workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His supporters had said the case was politically motivated, while Prof Yunus, who is appealing the verdict, had said it was “contrary to all legal precedent and logic”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have also been other cases against him, including tax evasion and serving at Grameen Bank beyond the mandatory retirement age – but Prof Yunus and his lawyer maintain that these are baseless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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