Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus sworn in as interim prime minister of Bangladesh After Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign and flee to India and neighbouring countries due to student-led mobs, protests against the eviction continued for several weeks.
Yunus, 84, an economics professor and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was sworn in as the interim prime minister of Bangladesh by President Mohammad Shahabuddin at the presidential palace in Dhaka on Thursday evening, August 8, 2024, after traveling from France. He had returned to Dhaka a few hours earlier. Senior politicians, civil society leaders and diplomats were invited to take part in the ceremony.
Prof. Yunus announced his promotion to uphold and protect the constitution and will faithfully discharge my duties as the interim Prime Minister of Bangladesh. While the hopes of the people of the country are all pinned on Prof. Yunus. He will restore democracy to Bangladesh. After being ruled by tyranny for more than several decades.
