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Who is Muhammad Yunus, the "banker of the poor" who must straighten out Bangladesh?

Who is Muhammad Yunus, the "banker of the poor" who must straighten out Bangladesh?

Among those in difficulty there is also a woman in the eighth month of pregnancy

The interim executive has begun its work

Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as head of the country's caretaker government after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign and flee the country following violent protests. Yunus, 84, was recommended for the role by student protesters and returned to Dhaka on Thursday morning from Paris, where he was undergoing medical treatment. Yunus will be the chief adviser to the interim government tasked with holding new elections in the South Asian country of 170 million people. The student-led movement that ousted Hasina was born out of protests for more posts in the administration (reserved almost only for war veterans but now elderly)  and the harsh economic conditions and a feeling of political repression in the country.

Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as head of the country's caretaker government after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign and flee the country following violent protests. Yunus, 84, was recommended for the role by student protesters and returned to Dhaka on Thursday morning from Paris, where he was undergoing medical treatment. Yunus will be the chief adviser to the interim government tasked with holding new elections in the South Asian country of 170 million people. The student-led movement that ousted Hasina was born out of protests for more posts in the administration (reserved almost only for war veterans but now elderly)  and the harsh economic conditions and a feeling of political repression in the country.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammad Yunus has been sworn in as prime minister to lead an interim government of Bangladesh. The local media reported it. The ceremony was held by Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin in his "Bangabhaban" palace in Dacca.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammad Yunus has been sworn in as prime minister to lead an interim government of Bangladesh. The local media reported it. The ceremony was held by Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin in his "Bangabhaban" palace in Dacca.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammad Yunus has been sworn in as prime minister to lead an interim government of Bangladesh. The local media reported it. The ceremony was held by Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin in his "Bangabhaban" palace in Dacca.

Economist Mohamed Yunus assumes the leadership of the Executive with the challenge of "lifting up" the country after the protests that have caused 400 deaths