Ex-PM, Nobel Winner, Student Leader: Key Faces In New Bangladesh Government
NDTV
Bangladesh Protest: Mrs Hasina, 76, a five-time PM and daughter of the country's founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman - quit and fled Dhaka Monday evening after weeks of violent protests over a government jobs quota.
A new "interim government" - to be advised, most likely, by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus - is taking shape in crisis-hit Bangladesh following Sheikh Hasina resigning as Prime Minister.
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin gave his assent late Monday for that temporary administration. A meeting was held at his residence that was attended by the chiefs of the country's Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as political party leaders and civil society members.
In speculation that has emerged (inevitably so) since Mrs Hasina quit, three key names are at the forefront, two of whom are the Army, which took charge after Mrs Hasina quit, and which may have given her a 45-minute ultimatum; and her nemesis and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who was jailed in 2018 on corruption charges and whose release was ordered by the President.
