Sheikh Hasina Wazed, 76, was forced to resign on Monday after more than a month of student demonstrations over government job restrictions. Nobel prize winning banker Muhammad Yunus, 84, is set to take over as interim leader.
Almost 300 people have died in Bangladesh amid protests that have forced its prime minister to flee the country. Sheikh Hasina Wazed, 76, was forced to resign on Monday after more than a month of student demonstrations over government job restrictions. Her long-term rival, former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, 78, was freed from house arrest and so-called 'Gen Z' activists have called for Nobel prize winning banker Muhammad Yunus, 84, to take over as interim leader.
After years in opposition, Sheikh Khaleda took power from her rival in 2001, replacing the presidential system with a parliamentary one in a bid to decentralise power. She also lifted restrictions on foreign investments and made primary school education obligatory and free. Meanwhile both women were accused of corruption, with Khaleda Zia detained for a year on corruption charges in 2007 and 2008.
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