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Bangladesh gets interim govt led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus: Who are the other advisors?


NEW DELHI: Just three days after former prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh in the wake of violent protests that claimed the lives of 300 people, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn-in as the head of the interim government on Thursday.
Yunus, 84, was recommended for the role by student protesters and returned to Dhaka earlier on Thursday from Paris, where he was undergoing medical treatment.
“The country has the possibility of becoming a very beautiful nation,” an emotional Yunus told reporters at the airport. “Whatever path our students show us, we will move ahead with that.”
The ceremony, which started with a one-minute silence for those killed in the protests, also saw the swearing-in of 13 advisors, including two prominent student leaders. Three more advisors — Bidhan Ranjan Roy, Faruk-e-Azam, and Supradip Chakma — will be taking oath at a later time.
President Mohammad Shahabuddin administered the oath to Yunus and the other advisors.
The 13 advisors who took oath:
1. Saleh Uddin Ahmed
2. Dr Asif Nazrul
3. Adilur Rahman Khan
4. Hasan Arif
5. Touhid Hossain
6. Syeda Rizwana Hasan
7. Md Nahid Islam
8. Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan
9. Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain
10. Farida Akhter
11. AFM Khalid Hasan
12. Noorjahan Begum
13. Sharmeen Murshid

Who are the student leaders in the govt?

Md Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, coordinators of the Students Against Discrimination that led the student-led movement and managed to topple the Hasina-led Awami League government, were also sworn-in as advisors to the interim government.
Alongside other coordinators, the two student leaders led the student movement against the quota system in government jobs and later against the government.




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