(8 Aug 2024)
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Dhaka, Bangladesh – 8 August 2024
1. Various of Muhammad Yunus taking oath from figurehead President Mohammed Shahabuddin
2. Wide of audience
3. Various of Yunus and Shahabuddin signing oath document
4. Wide of audience clapping
5. Yunus shaking hands with officials
STORYLINE:
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh’s interim government Thursday after an uprising prompted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down and flee to India.
The key tasks for Yunus now are restoring peace in Bangladesh and preparing for new elections following weeks of violence in which student activists led an uprising against what was considered Hasina’s increasingly autocratic 15-year rule.
Bangladesh’s figurehead President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to Yunus for his role as chief advisor, which is the equivalent to a prime minister, in presence of foreign diplomats, civil society members, top businessmen and members of the former opposition party at the presidential palace in Dhaka.
No representatives of Hasina’s party were present.
Hasina quit on Monday after several chaotic weeks that began in July with protests against a quota system for government jobs that critics said favored people with connections to Hasina’s party.
But the demonstrations soon grew into a bigger challenge for Hasina’s 15-year rule, as more than 300 people including students were killed amid spiraling violence.
Yunus, who was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his work developing microcredit markets, was in the French capital for the 2024 Olympics when he was chosen for the interim role, and returned home earlier Thursday to tight security at the airport in Dhaka.
On Wednesday in Paris, Yunus had called for calm and an end to all partisan violence.
The president had dissolved Parliament on Tuesday, clearing the path for the interim administration.
AP video shot by Al Emrun Garjon
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