Bangladesh’s interim government led by Muhammad Yunus to take office Thursday

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who was recommended by Bangladeshi student leaders as the head of the interim government in Bangladesh, waves at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France, France, Aug. 7, 2024. In this aerial photograph Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists gather near a poster of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, during a rally in Dhaka on Aug. 7, 2024.

Bangladesh’s military chief announced that Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to be sworn in as head of the country’s interim government on Thursday night upon his return from Paris.