Last Updated on 10/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
The student protests that started in Bangladesh over job quotas led to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government. She was forced to flee the country. Currently she is in India. After Hasina left the country, at least 232 people were killed in nationwide violence. The rioters targeted Hindus, their religious places and business establishments. Many police stations were handed over to the front, and deadly attacks were made on the policemen. In protest against this, the Bangladesh Police employees went on an indefinite strike.
Now that an interim government has been formed in Bangladesh under the leadership of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, efforts are being made to restore normalcy in the country. Aaj Tak reached ground zero to know the current situation in Bangladesh. Student protests are still going on in the capital Dhaka, but the violence has stopped. Student organizations protested outside the Supreme Court on Saturday demanding the resignation of Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan. The Chief Justice of Bangladesh had to bow down to the protests of the students and resigned from his post.
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Due to the police strike, young boys and girls from colleges and schools, cadet corps, scouts guides are managing the traffic to help the local people. The traffic on the roads is much less than usual. People are still afraid to come out of their homes. There is still a large deployment of army outside Dhaka International Airport and throughout the city. Checkposts have been set up at various places with armored vehicles. All local markets are under the guard of the army. Schools, colleges and universities are still closed.
84-year-old Muhammad Yunus took oath during a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Dhaka on the night of 8 August. Politicians, civil society people, generals and diplomats attended the ceremony. A 16-member council of advisors was announced in the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, which will run the power in Bangladesh, which is facing a leadership crisis, for a certain period. General elections will be held in the country under the leadership of the interim government and a new full-time government will be formed. The advisory council led by Muhammad Yunus also includes student leaders Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud, who were leading the anti-Hasina government and anti-reservation protests in Bangladesh.
Other members of the Advisory Council include former Foreign Secretary Tauheed Hussain and former Attorney General Hasan Arif. Environmentalist Sayeeda Rizwana Hasan and writer Asif Nazrul are also part of the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. Muhammad Yunus, the head of the interim government of Bangladesh, is the 32nd person in the world who will play the role of the head of the nation along with being a Nobel Prize winner. Before him, 31 Nobel laureates have played the role of the head of the nation.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)