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In the second article of three on the uprising, MOSHFIQUR NOOR explores whether Muhammed Yunus’s blend of NGO-led development and ‘third way’ style vagueries can satisfy a nation hungry for real change
WILL JUSTICE BE SERVED? A protest march against prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her government in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 2 2024 which prompted her fleeing abroad three days later. The protesters demand justice for more than 200 people killed in last month’s demonstrations
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EVEN though the chief of the Bangladeshi army had taken over the reins of power, requested the president to dissolve the parliament, and swear in an interim government on August 8, there is still a vacuum as far as the day-to-day running of the country is concerned.
It will take a few months for the new regime to settle in and take charge with some semblance of various parts of the government and society functioning.
It is therefore important to get a sense of what exactly this interim government is. In trying to decipher the trajectory of this government it will be illuminating to understand the antecedents of the head of this government and effective prime minister Professor Muhammed Yunus.
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