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August 7, 2024

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus to Head Bangladesh's Interim Government
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In Bangladesh, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has been tapped
to lead an interim government after mass protests forced Bangladeshi
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee the country. Yunus had
been a vocal critic of Hasina's government. He has described her
departure as Bangladesh's "second liberation day." Yunus won the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering the concept of microlending.


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