Kathmandu: The president has dissolved parliament, paving the way for an interim government to take power – a key demand of student protest leaders.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus says he is happy to take up a role as chief adviser to an interim government if asked – another of the students’ demands. However, exactly what form the new interim government will take – and who it will be made up of – remains to be seen, the army had said this would be announced yesterday, it wasn’t.
Meanwhile, key political opponents – including former prime minister and opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia – have started to be released from prison. And the country’s police association has announced a strike, saying they were forced to fire at protesters.
And across the border in India, Sheikh Hasina’s future is looking unclear. India’s foreign minister confirmed today that the woman who woke up as prime minister of Bangladesh yesterday landed in Delhi on Monday night. She is expected to stay “for the moment”, he added.
Source: BBC