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Bangladesh Army Commander General Waqquzaman will meet with protesting student leaders on Tuesday, a day after 76-year-old Prime Minister Hasina Vajidova resigned and fled the country following violent protests, the TASR informed, according to a Reuters report.
photo: SITA/AP, Fatima Tuji Johor
Protesters celebrate at the Parliament House after news of the resignation of Prime Minister Hasina Vajdova in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, August 5, 2024.
On Monday, 109 people died during demonstrations, the deadliest single day since the protests began in July, bringing the total number of fatalities to 409, according to AFP.
Students, who are opposing the quota movement and the Wajid government, announced on Tuesday morning that they want to set up an interim government whose main adviser will be Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed Junus.
“Any other government than the one we recommend will not be accepted,” said Naheed Islam, one of the organizers of the protest. “We will not accept any government that is backed or led by the military,” he added. According to Islam, Muhammad Junus has agreed to the proposal and the students will announce other names for the government at the same time.
Economist Júnus (84) and his Grameen Bank won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for helping millions of people escape poverty through microloans of up to $100. In June, a court charged him with corruption, which he denies.
Wajed landed at the Hindong military airport near Delhi on Monday after taking off from Dhaka and met India’s national security adviser, two Indian government officials told Reuters.
After the prime minister left office, Bangladesh faced multiple crises, from high unemployment to corruption to climate change.
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