Nobel laureate Yunus to serve as head of interim govt of Bangladesh

DHAKA: Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus will serve as the head of the interim government.

This decision was taken in a meeting of President Mohammed Shahabuddin with chiefs of the three services and the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement to finalize the outline of the interim government at Bangabhaban on Tuesday night.

Later, President’s Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin told the BSS that the Head of State Shahabuddin had given consent to the proposal for the meeting.

The President said the names of other members of the interim government would be finalized in consultation with other political parties.

The President, also a valiant freedom fighter, emphasized inducting a valiant freedom fighter as an adviser to the interim government.

During the meeting,  Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman, Navy Chief Admiral M Nazmul Hassan, Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan, Dhaka University Law Department Professor Asif Nazrul and International Relations Department Professor Tanzim Uddin Khan were present.

Thirteen coordinators of anti-discrimination student movement — Arif Sohail, Sarjis Alam, Nazifa Jannat, Nusrat Tabassum, Khan Talat Mahmud Rafy, Abu Sadiq, Ivan Tahseer, Asif Mahmud, Md Nahid Islam, Mohammad Naseeruddin Patwari, Mahfuz Alam, Abubakar Majumdar and Hasnat Abdullah — were also present in the meeting.