INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
announced it would form an interim government following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister.On Monday, Hasina resigned and
fled Bangladesh after hundreds of people were killed in a crackdown on demonstrations that began as student protests against preferential
job quotas and swelled into a movement demanding her downfall
Celebrations erupted on Monday after Hasina resigned.Zaman plans to meet the protest organisers at noon local time (0600 GMT) on Tuesday,
the way ahead and was due to hold talks with the president, Mohammed Shahabuddin.An interim government will hold elections as soon as
possible after consulting all parties and stakeholders, Shahabuddin said in a televised address late on Monday.View image in
but moved to a hospital a year later as her health deteriorated
said the interim government must aim to set up swift democratic elections
The US state department said in January that the elections were not free and fair, adding that Washington was concerned by reports of
power and stamp out dissent, including through the killing of opposition activists.The latest student-led protests began over a quota system
they said disproportionately allocated government jobs to the descendants of freedom fighters from the 1971 independence war.The recent
protests and crackdown led to some of the worst violence since Bangladesh was founded more than five decades ago
During a briefing at army headquarters, Zaman promised an investigation into the deaths.The coordinators of the student protests on Tuesday
called for the formation of a new interim government with Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus as its chief adviser, according to a video
the student movement, said in a video with three other organisers
people, for violating labour laws at Grameen Telecom, the not-for-profit company he founded in 1983
In June Yunus told the Guardian he had come under 20 years of pressure from the Bangladeshi government for his work, which is credited with
improving the lives of millions of poor people, particularly women
Yunus did not immediately respond to a request for comment, Reuters reports.Elsewhere, the World Bank said it was assessing the impact of
improve urban infrastructure.The World Bank was among the first development partners to support Bangladesh after its independence and since
then has committed about $41bn in grants and interest-free credits.Reuters and Agence France-Presse contributed to this report
This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com
