Nobel Peace Prize winner to lead Bangladesh interim government

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus will be the chief adviser of an interim government in Bangladesh.

The president’s office has announced that the decision was made at a meeting between President Mohammed Shahabuddin, military leaders, and the heads of the Students Against Discrimination group.

It comes a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced from power and fled the country, following weeks of student-led protests that spiralled into deadly unrest.

Student leaders had been clear they would not accept a military-led government and had pushed for Mr Yunus to lead the interim administration.