At a news conference on Wednesday, Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced that an interim administration led by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus will take the oath of office in Bangladesh at 8 p.m. (August 7, 2024).
According to a news statement from the Yunus Center, the 84-year-old pioneer of microfinance will touch down at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on an Emirates aircraft from Dubai on Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Yunus asked the youth to be calm and get ready to build the country. “I congratulate the brave students who took the lead in making our ‘Second Victory Day’ possible and to the people for giving your total support to them. Let us make the best use of our new victory. Let us not let this slip away because of our mistakes,” he said in the statement.
The Labour Appellate Tribunal on Wednesday overturned a six-month jail sentence awarded to Mr. Yunus in a case filed over alleged violation of the labour law.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the main Opposition party when former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was in power, held a rally at Naya Paltan in Dhaka, where thousands of people gathered from different parts of the country.
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Source: The Hindu
