Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin (L) swears in Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus because the chief of the nation’s interim authorities at a ceremony in Dhaka on August 8, 2024. | Photograph credit score: AFP
A 14-member interim authorities in Bangladesh beneath the management of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in on Thursday (7 August 2024), three days after Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and left the nation following mass protests.
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President Mohammad Shahabuddin swore within the 84-year-old as senior adviser to the interim authorities and cupboard members at 9:20 pm native time in a ceremony held at Bangabhaban, the president’s official residence.
Current on the ceremony had been army officers, Bangladesh Nationalist Occasion (BNP) Basic Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam, Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Shafiqur Rahman, Jatiya Occasion Chairman Ghulam Muhammed Quader, in addition to overseas diplomats from the UK, Japan, China, the Philippines, Iran, Argentina, Qatar, the UAE and the Netherlands.
Nobody from the Awami League, Ms Hasina’s group, was seen at Bangabhaban.
After Mr. Yunus, 13 of the 16 advisers to the interim authorities had been sworn in. The cupboard members are: Saleh Uddin Ahmed, Asif Nazrul, Adilur Rahman Khan, Hasan Arif, Tauhid Hossain, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Brig. Basic (Retd.) M. Sakhawat Hossain, Supradip Chakma, Farida Akhtar, Bidhan Ranjan Roy, AFM Khalid Hossain, Nurjahan Begum, Sharmin Murshid, Md. Nahid Islam (Scholar Consultant), Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan (Scholar Consultant) and Farooqui Azam.
Whereas Gonobhaban, the Prime Minister’s official workplace and residence, stays in ruins after it was stormed by protesters following Ms Hasina’s resignation, the state-run Jamuna Visitor Home would be the workplace and residence of the Chief Adviser.
Sources stated a committee will probably be fashioned to evaluate the harm to those two necessary amenities and renovation will start quickly after.
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Earlier within the day, after touchdown in Dhaka from a visit to France, Mr Yunus delivered an emotional speech, recalling the sacrifices made by college students who had been met with a harsh response from the federal government led by Ms Hasina.
In his speech, he addressed the folks of Bangladesh as “one massive household” and stated the younger protesters had given them a “new beginning.” Nonetheless, he condemned latest violence focusing on the nation’s non secular minorities.
“My first phrase to you is to guard the nation from dysfunction. Defend it from violence in order that we will observe the trail that our college students have proven us,” he stated.
Restoring stability and ending lawlessness have grow to be speedy priorities as assaults, looting and damaging actions continued in lots of elements of the nation on Thursday, within the absence of presidency and safety businesses.
Nonetheless, the Bangladesh Military, together with different legislation enforcement businesses, stated they’d take strict measures to cease the continued assaults throughout the nation.
Following the decision by the newly appointed Inspector Basic of Police to return to their posts inside 24 hours, some police personnel have began reporting, however many others are awaiting safety assurances earlier than returning to their posts. Many legislation enforcement personnel worry additional violent reprisals from the general public after they opened hearth on protesters and most people throughout Hasina’s regime.
Shamsus Sadat Selim, Further Secretary on the Ministry of Public Administration, confirmed that every one contractual appointments of officers made through the tenure of the not too long ago ousted Awami League authorities will probably be cancelled. As well as, there’s a rising demand for the removing of different officers who benefited from the tenure of the final authorities from key positions.
In the meantime, throughout an everyday briefing in Washington on Wednesday, Matthew Miller, spokesman for the US State Division, stated that the US believes that the interim authorities should respect democratic rules, the rule of legislation, and the desire of the folks of Bangladesh. Mr. Miller additionally talked about that they imagine that the interim authorities will play a significant position in establishing long-term peace and political stability in Bangladesh.
