Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as head of Bangladesh’s interim authorities
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) administers the oath of workplace to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus because the chief of the nation’s interim authorities at a ceremony in Dhaka on August 8, 2024.
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A 17-member Bangladesh interim authorities beneath the management of Noble Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus took oath on Thursday (August 7, 2024), three days after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted and fled the nation.
Bangladesh President Mohammad Shahabuddin administered the oath to the 84-year-old chief adviser Prof. Yunus at 9.20 p.m., adopted by the Cabinet members, at a ceremony attended by politicians together with BNP chief Mirza Fakhrul Islam, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Amir Shafiqur Rahman and Jatiya Party chairman Ghulam Muhammed Quader, diplomats from the U.Ok., Japan, China, Philippines, Iran, Argentina, Qatar, The Netherlands and the UAE, civil society figures and senior civil and army officers at Bangabhaban Presidential Palace. Prof. Yunus reached Bangabhaban at 8.45 p.m. No one from the Awami League was seen at Bangabhaban.
Thirteen out of the 16 advisers of the interim authorities additionally took oath after Prof. Yunus. Theye have been: Dr. Saleh Uddin Ahmed, Dr. Asif Nazrul, Adilur Rahman Khan, Hasan Arif, Tauhid Hossain, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Brig. Gen. (retd.) M. Sakhawat Hossain, Farida Akhtar, Bidhan Ranjan Roy, Dr. A.F.M. Khalid Hossain, Nurjahan Begum, Sharmin Murshid, Nahid Islam (scholar consultant) and Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan (college students’ consultant).
The different three advisers — Supradip Chakma, Bidhan Ranjan Roy and Farooqui Azam — weren’t current on the ceremony as they have been exterior of Dhaka that point.
As the Prime Minister’s Office and official residence Gono Bhaban stay in shambles, the State Guest House, Jamuna, would be the workplace and residence of Prof. Yunus.
A committee will likely be shaped to evaluate the injury to those two necessary installations, and renovation will start quickly afterwards.
Earlier within the day, after touchdown in Bangladesh from a visit to France, Prof. Yunus, gave an emotional speech recalling the sacrifices made by college students whose protests have been met with a heavy-hand by the Hasina-led authorities.
At a press convention on the Dhaka airport, he addressed the individuals of Bangladesh as “one big family”, and stated that the younger protesters had given them a “new birth”. Also, he condemned the current violence directed towards the nation’s spiritual minorities over the past two days.
“My first word to you is to protect the country from disorder. Protect it from violence so we can follow the path our students have shown us,” he stated.
Restoring stability and stopping anarchy, arson, damaging actions has grow to be forepoint in Bangladesh as assaults, looting and damaging actions endured yesterday as nicely in lots of a part of the nation, in absence of presidency and enforcement companies.
However, the Bangladesh Army, alongside different armed forces and legislation enforcement companies, determined to take strict motion to cease the continued anarchy, arson assaults, and damaging actions throughout the nation.
Following the newly appointed Inspector-General of Police’s name to return to obligation inside 24 hours, some police personnel have began to report again, however many others are ready for safety assurances earlier than returning to their posts. Many drive members concern violent reprisals from the general public after having opened hearth on protesters and most people beneath the Hasina regime.
During a daily briefing in Washington on Wednesday (August 7, 2024), Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department spokesperson, stated that the United States believes the interim authorities ought to respect democratic rules, the rule of legislation, and the need of the Bangladeshi individuals. Mr. Miller additionally talked about that they assume the interim authorities will play an important position in establishing long-term peace and political stability in Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, Shamsus Sadat Selim, head of the APD Wing and extra secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, confirmed that each one contractual appointments of officers made through the tenure of the lately ousted Awami League authorities are set to be cancelled. Also, there’s a rising demand to take away different officers who benefited from the final authorities’s tenure from key positions.